Foreign Students in Greece

What is it like for the foreign students in Greece? These foreign students studying abroad this summer, living in Greece during the debt crisis, may not have it as bad as it seems. Greek citizens are only allowed to withdraw a maximum of 60 euros a day, but students on exchange programs are not subject to the same capital controls; they can take out additional funds, depending on the cap imposed by their card issuer and cash available at the ATMs.The effect of the financial crisis on our students has been very limited, quotes Timothy Barton, director of student services at Arcadia University’s College of Global Studies. He goes on to say that our summer students, who have one more week left in Greece, were not faced with any unavailable services. Day to day life has not changed that much for these international students.Arcadia University’s summer program in Athens has been running for more than 20 years. This upcoming fall, all 18 of the students traveling to Greece from eight universities, ranging from small liberal arts colleges to large state research institutions throughout the country, are still planning to do so. Arcadia’s program is just one of the 100 or so study abroad programs offered to more than 3,500 American students each year in subjects such as political science, economics, and archaeology.Click here to view the original web page at www.cnbc.com