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Brethren Colleges Abroad (BCA) was founded in 1962 as a secular, non-profit provider of academic and language immersion study for undergraduates from a consortium of colleges and universities (see below). Today, the organization is known as BCA Study Abroad and continues a mission of academic study abroad focused on peace and social justice for its founding members as well as a larger number of colleges and universities in the United States. BCA promotes international understanding, an awareness of global citizenship, and opportunities for academic scholarship through educational exchange. Currently headquartered at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, BCA's tagline is: Bridge the world, Connect for peace, Act for justice. ==Origins== BCA was founded in 1962 by Morley J. Mays as a consortium of six charter member colleges affiliated with the Church of the Brethren: *Bridgewater College *Elizabethtown College *Juniata College *McPherson College *Manchester College *University of La Verne BCA offered its first exchange program with Philipps-Universität in Marburg, Germany, the oldest Protestant university in the world. Today approximately seventy-five U.S. colleges and universities send students abroad through BCA. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brethren Colleges Abroad」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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