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Hope Torkornoo; Turgut Guvenli; Rajib Sanyal – Journal of Teaching in International Business, 2024
While the benefits of short-term study abroad programs are well documented, especially with respect to enhancing cross-cultural competency in the participants, fewer than one percent of college students in the U.S. benefit from this experience. The principal barriers to studying abroad are actual and opportunity costs and its perceived worth. An…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Cultural Awareness, Undergraduate Students, Institutional Cooperation
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Powell, Dorothy Lewis; Biederman, Donna J. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2017
A U.S. and Chinese university developed a short-term student exchange program in public/community health. The program--which consisted of lectures, seminars, field trips, cross-cultural experiences, and a synthesis excursion--resulted in high levels of program satisfaction, increased intrapersonal awareness, and skill acquisition. Program content…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Public Health, Immersion Programs, Student Exchange Programs
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Mitchell, Rosamond – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2015
Language students in the UK undertake their "year abroad" with high hopes for a linguistic and social "immersion" experience. However, past research shows that language learning success, while real, can be uneven, and that many Erasmus exchange students form social relations largely with other international students. New…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Residential Programs, Immersion Programs
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Rexeisen, Richard J. – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2013
As research on the effectiveness of study abroad programs continues to evolve, the author notes a gradual shift in focus from "Is study abroad effective?" to "What can be done to improve the quality of the study abroad experience?" (e.g., Pederson, 2010; Shaheen, 2004). The author writes that he believes this broadened…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Educational Research, Sensitivity Training, Intercultural Programs
Purkaple, Ruth H. – International Educational and Cultural Exchange, 1972
Described are the problems and rewards encountered in study abroad. (HS)
Descriptors: Cultural Exchange, Higher Education, Intercultural Programs, International Relations
Adams, Frances – International Educational and Cultural Exchange, 1972
The International Study Centers created by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities allow students of average means to study abroad. (HS)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Higher Education, Intercultural Programs, International Education
Littmann, Ulrich – International Educational and Cultural Exchange, 1974
Discusses German-U.S. student exchange programs and German-U.S. foreign relations. (PG)
Descriptors: Cultural Interrelationships, Higher Education, Intercultural Programs, International Education
Iaquinta, Leonard P. – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1975
This article reports on the findings of the World Studies Data Bank concerning the state of study-abroad and exchange programs in American colleges and universities from 1967 through 1974. Percentage of student participation, funding, and student-faculty ratios are central topics of discussion. (CLK)
Descriptors: Expenditures, Higher Education, Intercultural Programs, Program Evaluation
Masters, Roger D. – International Educational and Cultural Exchange, 1972
Descriptors: Cultural Exchange, Exchange Programs, Foreign Students, Higher Education
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Carroll, William E. – Liberal Education, 1983
Students in programs overseas for American undergraduates tended to view their adventure not as an integral part of an educational program with clear purposes but more often as an escape from traditional education into an experimental world. Students need to come properly prepared and expecting to work and think. (MLW)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Culture, Higher Education, Intercultural Programs
AFS International/Intercultural Programs, Inc., New York, NY. – 1982
Ideas and approaches are suggested for the orientation of high school students involved in the international/intercultural programs sponsored by the American Field Service (AFS). The nine documents presented may be copied or adapted for use by AFS national offices as they develop their own materials for orientation of students, host families, and…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Exchange, Culture Contact, High Schools
O'Bannon, George W. – International Educational and Cultural Exchange, 1973
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Education, Experimental Programs, Higher Education
Adams, A. Hugh; Earwood, Glenda – Fellows Program, 1982
This monograph on community colleges and international/intercultural education begins with a rationale for international education, which emphasizes North American students' low level of awareness of international affairs and events and the importance of a knowledge of other societies in an increasingly interdependent world. After citing various…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Cultural Education, Curriculum Enrichment
College & University Partnership Program, Inc., Memphis, TN. – 1977
The need for higher education institutions in the U.S. and foreign countries to engage in an exchange of students, faculty members, and educational and cultural information is stressed. The current program of exchanging student and faculty members in Japan and the U.S. is summarized. The use of the College and University Partnership Program (CUPP)…
Descriptors: American Culture, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Higher Education
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Hansel, Bettina; Grove, Neal – NASSP Bulletin, 1986
A study is described that scientifically validates the common assumption that travel and exchange programs abroad are educationally beneficial. A questionnaire was used to ascertain which areas of students' lives had benefitted from overseas experience. (TE)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Individual Development, Intercultural Programs, International Educational Exchange
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