This seems excessive.
I will admit, the biggest regret I have from college is not taking a semester at sea or abroad program.
It’s very hard to do that once you are in the working world. Now I have to hope I can live to see retirement to do it then.
But, the college paying for a full YEAR is too much.
Ultimately, that is on the taxpayers at many of these schools.
Actually I think you are going to start seeing foreign universities trying to attract American students, who are tired of all the PC crap that’s infesting our Universities today.