it is called study away (as opposed to study abroad) because there are options to study away domestically. Nearly 60% of Macalester students study away before graduation. Eleven departments require off-campus study for completion of a major.
Macalester is a member of the Macalester–Pomona–Swarthmore Consortium, which administers a study abroad program in Cape Town, South Africa. Students in the program, variously titled "Globalization, the Environment and Society", "Globalization and the Natural Environment", and the "South African Program in Interdisciplinary Studies", study an interdisciplinary course at the University of Cape Town (UCT) co-taught by a faculty member from the consortium and two UCT faculty members. Macalester also partners with colleges and universities such as Carleton College, Duke University, and Middlebury College to offer study-abroad programs. It is also an exchange partner with Sciences Po in France.
=== Academic consortia memberships ===
Macalester is a member of the Associated Colleges …
