 Study abroad received an unprecedented amount of legal and media attention after an August 2007 article published in "The New York Times" highlighted the often opaque nature of providers of study abroad form relationships with U.S. universities.The article prompted the office of New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo to launch an investigation, issuing subpoenas to a dozen study abroad study abroad organizations and at least 15 colleges and universities.The Code of Ethics that the forum developed as a response sought to offer colleges, overseas-study providers, and foreign host institutions a "compass" to guide their management of study abroad.