The deaths of Americans studying overseas make headlines back home, but going abroad is no riskier than staying on campus. In fact, it might be less dangerous. A new comparison of health and safety data finds that death rates are lower for students on study-abroad programs than for those on American campuses. Students in the United States are an estimated 2.18 times as likely to die as their classmates overseas. The report, which is based on insurance-claims data, was published by the Forum on Education Abroad, an association of American and overseas colleges and independent study-abroad programs, and is based on work by a statistical-analysis firm.

March 17, 2016 ・ From Chronicle of Higher Education