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Volume XV:Winter 2007-2008
Dan Dewey: Japanese Vocabulary Acquisition by Learners in Three Contexta
Matthew Goode: The Role of Faculty Study Abroad Directors: A Case Study
Heather Gutel: The Home Stay: A Gendered Perspective
George Heitmann: The Cost of Study Abroad: An Economic Analysis
Kevin Kehl: Global-Mindedness
Sue Mennicke and Andrew Law: A Notion at Risk: Interrogating the Educational Role of Off-campus Study in the Liberal Arts
Anthony Ogden: The View from the Veranda: Understanding Today’s Colonial Student
Val Rust, Cathryn Dhanatya, Linda H.L. Furuto, Omid Kheiltash: Student Involvement as Predictive of College Freshmen Plans to Study Abroad
Cathy Santanello and Laura Wolff: Designing an Assessable Study Abroad Course
Vic Savick: Intercultural Development: Topics and Sequences
Stevan Trooboff, Michael Vande Berg, Jack Rayman: Employer Attitudes toward Study Abroad
Denise Young: Persistence at a Liberal Arts University and Participation in a Study-Abroad Program
Adrian Shubert: ‘The Pursuit of Exotica': A Comment
Volume XVI: Spring 2008
Special Issue 3: Undergraduate Research Abroad
Bernhard Streitwieser and Neal Sobania: Study Abroad Research and the Institutional Review Board: Challenges and Responsibilities
*Hannah Arem (Cornell University; Institute for Study Abroad - Butler University, Buenos Aires): The Faces of Globalization
*Demetri Blanas, (Columbia University; School for International Training Kedougou and Dakar, Senegal): Primary Health Care in Kedougou, Senegal
*Jason Nossiter (University of California, Santa Barbara; Science Po, Paris): France says ‘Non’: Elites, Publics and the Defeat of the EU Constitutional Treaty
Sophia Ann Balakian (Cornell University) : We Could Be Heroes:
Mythico-History, Diasporic Nationalism, and Youth Identity among Tibetan Refugees in Nepal
*2007 Forum on Education Abroad Undergraduate Research Award Winner
Volume XVII: Fall 2008
Nadine Dolby: Global Citizenship and Study Abroad:
A Comparative Study of American and Australian Undergraduates Abroad
J. Kline Harrison and Elizabeth Voelker: The Relationship Between Study Abroad Students’ Cross-cultural Adjustment and the Personality Variables of Emotional Intelligence and Entrepreneurial Attitude Orientation”
Joseph Hoff and Michael Paige: Operationalizing Culture and Language Learning in Education Abroad Programming”
Tammy Orahood, Larissa Kruze, Denise Easley Pearson: You’re Hired! Study Abroad and International Career Paths
Eva Paus and Michael Robinson: Increasing Study Abroad Participation....It's the Faculty, Stupid!
Richard Rexeisen, Phililp Anderson, Leigh Lawton, Ann Hubbard: Study Abroad and Intercultural Development: A Longitudinal Study
Emily Mohajeri Norris and Michael Steinberg: Does Language Matter? The Impact of Language on Study Abroad Outcomes
Michael Woolf : Service Learning in Context: an International Perspective
(expected publication date: March 2009)
CO-EDITORS
Stephen DePaul, University of Texas System
William W. Hoffa
Chapter One: The Diversification of the Student Profile
Overview of how the demographic profile of students studying abroad has broadened during this period, documented in relation to the general profile of students enrolled in higher education. To include demographic changes in student ethnicity; social and economic background; gender; age; field of study; undergraduate standing; those with previous study; international students; types of educational institutions supporting study abroad; and other student background factors which differ from previous generations of students who studied abroad. Discussion of what caused these changes and current trends. How this change in demographic profile changed programs and services
Authors:
Elizabeth Stallman, University of Minnesota
Gayle A. Woodruff, University of Minnesota, Jinous Kasravi, University of Minnesota
David Comp, University of Chicago
Chapter Two: The Diversification of Geographical Locations
Historical overview of expansion in the numbers of regions and countries where study abroad programming began to take place during this period, in comparison with ‘traditional’ study abroad destinations before the middle-1960’s. Discussion of domestic and international factors which influenced this expansion and student numbers involved, as well as prominent program sponsors offering programs in these new destinations. The degree to which American study abroad now encompasses the ‘whole world’ and yet demographic evidence which suggests that European destinations remain by far the most popular. Discussion of the cost, time, and expertise needed for developing and sustaining more geographically diverse programs, and how affordable they are for many students, as well as degree to which language and cultural immersion is possible, given the limits of cost, duration, impact, and academic credit.
Authors:
Tony Ogden, Pennsylvania State University
Heidi Soneson, University of Minnesota
Paige Weting
Chapter Three: Study Abroad and Campus Internationalization
Overview of how study abroad over the past 40 years has become more embedded within the fabric of higher education institutions as part of comprehensive internationalization plans and practices.
Author:
David Larsen, Arcadia University
Chapter Four: The Diversification of Education Abroad Across the Curriculum
Historical overview of the expansion of curricular options across the American undergraduate curriculum over the last 40 years, in relation to the ‘traditional’ curriculum and goals of study abroad. Campus factors which influence this diversification, as well as limit it. Discussion of the degree to which integrating courses taken overseas into domestic study (especially in the academic major) has impacted the achievement of other traditional goals of study abroad, such as language learning and cultural integration..
Authors:
Ben DeWinter, Boston University
Nancy Downey, Colby College
Laura Rumbley, Boston College
Chapter Five: The Impact of Geo-Political Events, Globalization, and National Policies on Study Abroad Programming and Participation.
Overview of how such major historical events-- such as the Cold War, the Vietnam war, the collapse of the Soviet Block, Oil Crises, Terrorism, SARS, 9/11, etc.-- have impacted study abroad advising and programming over the past four decades.
Authors:
John Keller, Pennsylvania State University
Maritheresa Frain, CIEE, Seville, Spain
Chapter Six: Changing Program Designs and Strategies
Overview of the evolution of new types of study abroad program designs which represent new pedagogical approaches to overseas learning. This includes language and cultural immersion models; branch campus models; island program models; hybrid models; short-term models; traveling program models; field study models; theme-centered models; reciprocal and asymmetrical exchanges; and other new designs.
Authors:
Martha Merrill, Partnership for Service Learning
Richard Rodman, School for International Training
Chapter Seven: The Impact of Telecommunications and other Technologies
Overview of how various new technologies in telecommunications and transportation have impacted campus advising, program promotion, and the experience of students studying abroad over the last 40 years. These would include air travel; personal computers; the internet; e-mail; fax; cell-phones; ATM machines, etc..
Authors:
Lisa Donatelli, Georgetown University
Chapter Eight: The Economics of Education Abroad
Study of the economic costs and benefits of study abroad to campuses which run their own programs for their own students only; campuses that run programs for their own students and for other students; consortia and agencies sponsoring programs; not-for-profit program sponsors; for-profit program sponsors.
Authors:
William Cressey
Nancy Stubbs
Chapter Nine: The Professionalization of the Field of Education Abroad,
Overview of the evolution of national associations, organizations, agencies which provide an infrastructure for American education abroad. Examination of the historical evolution of IIE, NAFSA/SECUSSA, CIEE, WIVA, AIEA, the Forum, ACE, etc. as well as overseas organizations such as EAIE. Discussion of the role of these organizations in relation to campus and agency programming, as well as in professional training and development of practitioners.
Author:
Kathleen Sideli, Indiana University
Chapter Ten: Assessment of and Standards for Study Abroad
Development of more formal approaches to assessing the impact and quality of study abroad programs. Review of the growing body of research literature and the increasing ways in which research is disseminated in journals such as Frontiers and the Journal of Studies in International Education. Examination of the development of various systems and practices of program reviews, including the Forum’s Standards of Good Practice for Education Abroad.
Author:
David Comp, University of Chicago
Chapter Eleven: The Growing Focus on Intercultural Learning in Study Abroad Programs
Overview of assumptions and actions regarding how the experiential aspect of study abroad has been treated over the last 40 years, with illustrations of typical programming. Review of the “cross-cultural contact hypothesis” and its influence on programming, and the development of increasingly sophisticated approaches to making intercultural learning more intentional and generalizable. The current emphasis on the development of intercultural competence in study abroad, and its implication for educational issues in both international and domestic diversity.
Author:
Milton Bennett, Intercultural Development Research Institute
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