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TPC D igest 61 Global Links and Gaps in Counselor Education Programs: Establishing a Baseline – DIGEST Laura Shannonhouse Jane E. Myers Laura Shannonhouse, NCC, is an assistant professor at the University of Maine. Jane E. Myers, NCC, NCGC, is a professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Correspondence can be addressed to Laura Shannonhouse, 5766 Shibles Hall, Orono, ME 04469, laura.shannonhouse@maine.edu. T he American counseling profession is becoming frequently viewed as part of a larger global movement. Global connection through students’ and educators’ international experiences is often considered beneficial to both their multicultural development and their counselor education program. While Leung and colleagues have made strides in shaping the narrative of what internationalization means theoretically in the context of counselor education, there is a lack of empirical research exploring what the concept means in practice. The authors designed this study as a first step toward addressing that gap. They developed an interactive survey and administered it to representatives from all CACREP-accredited counselor education programs to obtain baseline data on their international engagement. Questions were designed specifically to assess the following aspects of internationalization: How many counselor education programs have