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National
Student Exchange at WOU
What
Is NSE? A low-cost option to study out-of-state for up to one full year.
History of NSE: The National Student Exchange was
established in the 1967-68 academic
year with three state-supported
campuses in the United States exchanging
seven students among their universities.
Administrators on those campuses
wanted to help students who could
not take advantage of studying abroad
by providing them the opportunity
to learn about new people and new
places through study in another
part of the United States. Using
NSE, students could exchange to
state-supported NSE member campuses
in other states without having to
pay the high cost for out-of-state
tuition. NSE has retained that basic
idea during its development as it
has grown to almost 200 member campuses
placing 2,800 students for
exchange annually.
While the majority of members are
still state-supported, NSE now includes
several private campuses as well
as Canadian institutions. The basic
concept, however, remains the same.
Students either pay their normal
tuition and fees at the home campus
or pay the in-state tuition and
fees at their host campus. Private
campuses usually prefer the plan
where students pay tuition and fees
at the home campus as they do normally.
Each campus determines the fee payment
plan under which it can operate.
Room and meals are always paid to
the host campus.
Students apply for participation
in the NSE office on their home
campus. If they are approved for
participation, they are accepted
on exchange by the host campus on
a space available basis. Financial
aid is applied for, awarded, and
disbursed from the campus at which
students pay their tuition and fees.
Before students leave home for
exchange they are instructed to
have written approval for courses
to be taken along with a determination
of how those courses will be accepted
into their home campus academic
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You
can get more information about the National
Student Exchange program by contacting:
Debbie Diehm
NSE Campus Coordinator
Werner University Center
Western Oregon University
345 N. Monmouth Avenue
Monmouth, OR 97361
(503) 838-8221 or diehmd@wou.edu
(503) 838-8221 TDD
(503) 838-8511 FAX
WOU Student Participation
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