CASE STUDY General Instruction: You are a Master candidate in the field of Rural Development at the School of International Training (SIT). Your Grant is for 2 years. INCOME 1 month Living Allowance : USD 1.170 SPENDING Housing : USD 350 Meals : USD 400 Transportation : USD 45 Monthly Shopping : USD 100 Communication : USD 50 Social Activity : USD 40 Books : USD 80 Total : USD 1.065

Instruction Submit the relevant form. Case 1 In the second month in your host institution, your classmates ask you to join him in attending the American Association of Development Research and Training Institute (AADI) General Conference: Insecurity and Development, Regional Issues and Policies for an Interdependent World in Monterey, Mexico, for 5 days. The fee, including transportation and accommodation, is USD 600. Instruction Submit the relevant form.

Question What should you answer? Case 2 You wake up this morning and you feel a terrible pain in your stomach. You decide to rest for a while before going to class but the pain gets worse. A friend of yours takes you to the hospital. It turns out that the pain is caused by your appendix, you need a surgery. Before the surgery, the hospital administration asks for how you are going to make the payment. Question What should you answer?

Question What should you answer? Case 3 With the network you’ve built within the past couple of months, you met a professor who is interested in your research subject. He offers you to join him to the university where he lectures (University of Ohio) and suggests you to transfer your fellowship to doctoral degree. Question What should you answer?

Question What can you do? Case 4 Before leaving Indonesia, all your documents were taking care of by IIE as the Placement Partner. It seems that your Residence Permit in the USA only last for 3 months. To renew your Residence Permit, you must go to the Town Hall and pay USD 460. Question What can you do?

Question What should you do? Case 5 At the beginning of the 2nd semester, you are told by the University Administration that you haven’t paid this semester tuition fee, in the amount of USD 7,500. The deadline for the payment is in 5 days. You are wondering how to pay such an amount in such a short time. Question What should you do?

Instruction Submit the relevant form. Case 6 You just made a phone call to your mother. She told you that your youngest sister is getting married in 4 months. As the oldest in the family, your mother asked you to help her financially, in the amount of USD 1,200. Instruction Submit the relevant form.

Instruction If you’re interested, what shoud you do? Case 7 You remember that your lecturer in Indonesia asked you to subscribe for a scientific journal on Rural Sociology (Rural Development), by Taylor and Francis Group Journal. By subscribing now as a Master student, you can get a discount and no transportation fee is required (compare to subscribing from Indonesia). To subscribe for 6 months, you only have to pay USD 100. Instruction If you’re interested, what shoud you do?

Instruction What should you do? Case 8 Although you have been through an exhausting semester, you have a strong will to study and you plan to take summer courses. You know that you can manage your time and you want to bring sufficient knowledge home, not just a title. You plan to take 4 courses. Instruction What should you do?

Case 9 As usual, you make a weekly phone call to your parents Case 9 As usual, you make a weekly phone call to your parents. But this time, the news you receive are not the one you want to hear. Your father is sick and needs to be hospitalized. You know that you cannot go back home to be at his side, so you plan to send some money to your family to ease their burden. Instruction Decide the amount of money that you’re going to send to your family then submit the relevant form.

Instruction What should you do? Case 10 You receive an invitation from the Canadian Universities Network on Rural Development (CUNORD) for an internship as part of their personnel exchange program and participate in their conference. This internship will take place in Toronto for 3 months. There will be no compensation from this internship. You only have to take care of your daily expenses (meals, transportation, etc), which will be about USD 400. Instruction What should you do?

Case 11 With only a few classes left, just your thesis, you want your spouse and child to join you for the last couple of months there. It would be a wonderful experience for you and your family. Instruction List the things you should consider before bringing them to you.

Question What should you do? Case 12 You decided to go to Indonesia to bring your family home and to conduct your research for 3 months. You have made an appointment with the US Embassy for an interview in Jakarta, on the day of your arrival. On the 3rd month, while you are still collecting the data you need for your thesis, you are being told that your visa request is rejected. You have already booked your flight back to the USA for next week. Question What should you do?

Instruction Submit the relevant form. Case 13 As a senior student, you’ve been offered a Post-Academic Training for 6 months from your professor. Your academic advisor has approved this on-campus employment request. You think that this job is closely related with your study area and highly beneficial to improve your professional skill. You also will receive a monthly compensation in the amount of USD 750. Instruction Submit the relevant form.

Instruction What should you do? Case 14 Your thesis advisor is suddenly ill and must bed rest for 1 month, whereas your deadline to submit your thesis is in 2 weeks. It seems that you cannot finish your study as scheduled and must extend for at least 1 month after your Grant End Date. Instruction What should you do?