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 Alternative Education Opportunities
Looking for a Way to See the World as a Student? Want to Study What you Want to Study? Sometimes books are great, sometimes just doin' it is better!

Andeo – International Homestays.
Andeo is an international network of families, students, teachers, independent travelers and homestay specialists who are dedicated to exploring cross-cultural friendship and understanding. Whether you are opening your home to an international student or stepping across the threshold to meet your own welcoming host family, you are part of the Andeo network. Andeo invites you to explore a world of welcoming families, lifelong friendships and cross-cultural adventures! The students are between the ages of 13-25.

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Global Student Experience
Study Abroad in Spain, France, Italy, England, Australia and Argentina with Global Student Experience. All students participating in GSE programs must be high school graduates and at least 18 years of age. Fluency may be used to determine eligibility to enroll in some courses and programs. GSE strongly recommends that students have at least one semester of college level language classes in the language of their preferred host country.

Outward Bound - Wilderness Adventure Expeditions and Challenges
Scale a wind-swept mountain peak. Ride a surging whitewater river. Hike into a remote forest glen. Sail to an offshore island. Whether you’re 14 or 40, on Outward Bound you’ll travel to places you’ve only dreamed of. And carry away something you’ll remember for the rest of your life. From youth (12+) to adults, Outward Bound Wilderness offers something for everyone.

Earthwatch Institute
Earthwatch Institute is an international non-profit organization that brings science to life for people concerned about the Earth's future.Earthwatch recruits close to 4,000 volunteers every year to collect field data in the areas of rainforest ecology, wildlife conservation, marine science, archaeology, and more. Through this process, we educate, inspire, and involve a diversity of people, who actively contribute to conserving our planet. This international nonprofit organization places paying volunteers of all ages on short-term research expeditions worldwide.

Tropical Marine Biology: Odyssey Expeditions
Odyssey Expeditions Tropical Marine Biology Voyages offers educational adventure programs for high school and college students aboard sailing catamarans in the British Virgin Islands and Windward Islands (St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Martinique, Dominica). Learn about marine biology, coral reefs, turtles, sharks, fishes, ecology and take part in hands-on research projects and underwater environmental service progrects plus earn school credit. Learn Sailing, PADI SCUBA diving, Seamanship, and explore the islands hiking, climbing, scuba diving. Live-aboard a 46 foot sailing catamaran and Dive Dive Dive. Earn community service and academic credit. Study sharks, dolphins, turtles, corals, and fishes. Earn PADI SCUBA certifications including specialties and advanced. Learn digital underwater photography. For fun waterskii, wakeboard, sea kayak. Coed programs available for students ages 13-22.

Greenforce USA
Have you ever wanted to help save the planet? Travel to exotic and remote locations? Swim and dive with turtles, dolphins, and scores of fish. Trek the savannahs of eastern Africa for elephant, lion, giraffe, and rhino. Explore the rainforests of South America, or work in mountaintop villages and climb amazing peaks. Earning college and university credit has never been so rewarding or energizing! Greenforce USA located in Nelsonville, Ohio is the North American partner organization of Greenforce based in London, England. Greenforce offers hands-on volunteer and ecotourism study abroad opportunities throughout most of the Earth’s major continents.

Hocking College: Study Abroad Program
Hocking College has a fantastic range of specialized experiences that will rock your world while saving you time and lending credibility to your credit-bearing studies. Embark on an educational experience of a lifetime through our world-renowned Study Abroad Program. Choose to study in Italy, Belize, China, or in a rural coastal village along the Jamaican barrier reef, our exciting and innovative curriculum and hands-on teaching style truly will be the great ’differentiator. While studying abroad you’ll be able to explore your passion for learning while visiting foreign worlds and immersing yourself in distant cultures - in the process honing your hard-won experiences into a firm resolve to meet and surpass your educational and professional goals.

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 5500 Wabash Avenue Terre Haute, Indiana 47803 Main Campus Phone: 812-877-1511 www.rose-hulman.edu Four-year, private, non-sectarian college of engineering, science, and mathematics. Has admission guidelines for homeschoolers. U.S. News & World Report's 2006 survey of higher education for the eighth consecutive year lists Rose-Hulman as the No.1 engineering institution whose highest degree is a bachelor's or master's. And we were named #1 in five of our engineering departments that are evaluated by engineering deans and senior faculty: mechanical, electrical, civil, computer, and chemical. Admission: Highly competitive; more than 3,300 applications for 470-member freshman class. Fast Facts.

Hocking College Hocking College 3301 Hocking Prkwy Nelsonville Oh 45764 www.hocking.edu Two year technical college which focuses on hands-on learning for students. Has admission guidelines for homeschoolers. Choose from over 40 programs that immerse you in the "real world" and prepare you for the job market of tomorrow. Expand your learning beyond the classroom; you'll actually DO something! Academic Programs.