The College Consortium for International Studies (C.C.I.S.), a partnership of colleges and universities -- two and four year, large and small, public and private, domestic and foreign -- encompasses the broad spectrum of international higher education. C.C.I.S. members sponsor a variety of programs, notably study abroad programs and professional development seminars for faculty and administrators, which are designed to enhance international/intercultural perspectives within the academic community.  

Truman State University, the sponsor of the C.C.I.S. approved program in Russia, provides an outstanding liberal arts education to academically talented students at an affordable price.

Truman is Missouri's only highly selective public university, according to the Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education guidelines.

Truman ranked sixth in the nation in 2003 among master's universities by the number of students studying abroad according to Open Doors 2004.