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A History of US Study Abroad: 1965 to the Present

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The purpose of Frontiers is to publish thought-provoking research articles, insightful essays, and concise book reviews that may provide the profession of study abroad an intellectual charge, document some of the best thinking and innovative programming in the field, create an additional forum for dialogue among colleagues in international education, and ultimately enrich our perspectives and bring greater meaning to our work.

Frontiers aspires to publish excellent writing that reflects deeply on the critical issues and concerns of study abroad. In particular, this journal is interested in the intellectual development of students in an international and intercultural context. Study abroad offers great promise both to individual students and to institutions committed to international education.

Frontiers is an interdisciplinary journal. It publishes manuscripts from a wide range of disciplines and encourages approaches to topics that use multiple and mutually supporting forms of analysis. Research on the issue of student learning abroad, for example, might make use of research in anthropology, linguistics, psychology, philosophy, and education. Frontiers encourages researchers in particular fields of study to submit manuscripts that relate well to study abroad. Examples of such articles might include: an analysis of the meaning of study abroad for a particular historical figure; an examination of study abroad themes as they appear in a literary work; a business case study analysis of an abroad program; or a research article on the psychological processes that shape study abroad experiences.

Frontiers has established itself as an important and serious journal for international educators. Founded at Boston University in 1995, it has published 14 volumes to date. Currently, there are over 1,000 institutional and individual subscribers in over 20 countries. Frontiers is sponsored by a consortium of institutions that includes Arcadia University, Beloit College, Binghamton University, Butler University, Dickinson College, Harvard University, James Madison University, Kalamazoo College, Macalester College, Middlebury College, Partnership for Global Education of Hobart and William Smith Colleges and Union College, Pomona College, Rutgers University, The School for International Training, Missouri Southern State University, Tufts University, the University of Pennsylvania, University of Richmond, University of Texas, Austin, Villanova University, and Yale University. Frontiers is a strategic partner of the Forum on Education Abroad, sharing and supporting the work and goals of that organization. The journal's editorial offices are housed at Dickinson College.

Frontiers generally publishes two volumes per year, alternating between a general, eclectic volume and a thematic volume that covers a specific topic in-depth. Each volume typically contains research articles, an essay, book reviews, and an update of a particular theme or topic in study abroad. Recently, Frontiers has also published an annual Special Volume, featuring the research of winners of the Forum's Undergraduate Research Award, together with commentary by faculty and resident directors on the role of research in undergraduate education abroad. These special volumes, as well as A History of US Study Abroad: Beginnings to 1965, have been supported by grants from the IFSA Foundation.