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http://www.middlebury.edu/sa/whymidd/node/62081 <p><span
class="opening">Academic rigor, deep involvement in another
culture, and the freedom to explore on their own terms: these
are the attributes that appeal to students who enroll in the
</span><span class="opening">C.V. Starr-Middlebury Schools
Abroad.</span></p> <p>The Schools Abroad provide an authentic
experience through guided independence, allowing students to
immerse themselves as fully as they wish in the host language
and culture.  Programs vary in nature and in size, though all
remain small enough to sustain individual initiative in
participants who range from the mildly adventurous to the
trailblazer.  A Middlebury staff presence in all primary sites,
and increasingly in secondary sites, provides full in-country
academic and personal support.</p> <p>All instruction is in the
host country language and conforms to that country's educational
approach. The challenge,