AMIDEAST’s Education Abroad Programs benefit from the advice and quality assurance of an Academic Consortium, a group of 20 higher education institutions that comprise a cross-section of U.S. higher education. Each member institution is represented by an education abroad professional and two faculty members — one of whom teaches Arabic and one of whom teaches in Middle East and North African Studies. 

Consortium members

• participate in the selection of sites and partners for AMIDEAST’s Education Abroad Programs in the Arab World 
• screen and approve individual courses to be offered in AMIDEAST’s Education Abroad Programs in the Arab World
• conduct evaluation site visits to each program 

Members of the Academic Consortium are:

American University

Associated Colleges of the Midwest

Clemson University

Colorado College 

Creighton University

Dickinson College

Georgetown University

Great Lakes Colleges Association

Grinnell College

Howard (Maryland) Community College

Michigan State University

Middle Tennessee State University

Norfolk State University   

Northeastern University

Queens College

University of Cincinnati

University of Kentucky

University of Pennsylvania

University of Richmond

University of Texas at Austin 

Transcripts and Institution of Record

After completion of the program, students receive an AMIDEAST grade report which indicates letter grades and credit received. One grade report will be sent to a students’ university and one will remain at the AMIDEAST office in Washington, D.C. Alternatively, students can request (for an additional fee of $350) a transcript issued by AMIDEAST’s Institution of Record (IoR), Northeastern University. Should a home institution advisor indicate that a student needs to use the IoR, the student (or in some cases the institution) will be billed for this fee. This fee is refundable until the student is a confirmed participant. Academic year students are charged this fee only once.