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Cintia Denise Granja; Fabiana Visentin – Research in Higher Education, 2024
We examine the impact of credit mobility exchange programs' timing on students' academic performance, focusing on the moment in which students travel and the length of the period spent abroad. To provide causal evidence, we exploit unique data from more than 10,000 students from a well-known and internationalized Brazilian university from 2010 to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Mobility, Foreign Students, College Credits
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Andrew Johnson; Hülya Tuncer – Asian Journal of Distance Education, 2023
Virtual exchange (VE) has gained prominence as a means to improve students' intercultural competence and foreign language abilities through forums and other supplemental activities. This study examines a supplemental activity referred to as the student-generated survey (SGS) implemented in the IVEProject, a large-scale VE with, at the time of this…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Student Exchange Programs, Intercultural Communication, Multicultural Education
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Barbosa, Rafael Silva; Adefila, Arinola; Garcia, Maria Lúcia Teixeira – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2022
Brazil has focused on internationalization of the higher education sector, in response to trends across the globe. The main program for promoting internationalization was the Science without Borders program. The paper analyses Brazilian international mobility from a regional perspective, particularly reviewing how inequality affected access to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Global Approach, Higher Education
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de Sandes-Guimaraes, Luisa Veras; Ribeiro, Artur Tavares Vilas Boas; Axel-Berg, Justin Hugo; de Rosso Manços, Guilherme; Plonski, Guilherme Ary – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2020
This article assesses whether or not students with international exchange experience return to their home countries with qualitatively different perspectives on the way universities can play a role in fostering innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems. It includes survey data collected from 516 Brazilian undergraduates asked to rank…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Entrepreneurship, Foreign Countries, College Role
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Haines, David – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2013
At the intersection of the topics of migration and diversity in higher education lies the experience of people who grow up overseas, or who go overseas for education or military service, and then return as college students. This article addresses their experience, drawing from a series of exploratory interviews conducted--as part of a broader…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Mobility, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
Nixon, Harold L. – 1989
The Wright State University International Student Exchange Program is described. This school's approach to student exchange programs immerses students in the daily life of countries in Asia and South America at minimal cost to the participating institutions. Through exchange agreements with universities in Japan, Brazil, and China, students get 4…
Descriptors: College Students, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness, Foreign Culture