International educators have long asserted that study abroad improves students' intercultural
competence. However, the evidence is less clear than the rhetoric suggests. Examining …

Today's interrelated and interconnected world demands that college students develop the
intercultural competence to meet the challenges of the 21st century. In response to this …

Colleges and universities are increasingly internationalizing their curricular and cocurricular
efforts on campuses; subsequently, it is important to compare whether internationalization at …

This multi-institutional study attempts to discover whether different international activities in
which students participate yield different outcomes for the development of students' global …

This study was designed to identify variables that predict participation in study abroad
programs. A total of 179 undergraduates were followed through their 4-year college career …

The aim of this research is to explore whether participation in study abroad by community
college students impacts levels of engagement and if there is a connection between …

This study examined US undergraduate students' intent to study abroad upon college entry
and their actual participation in study abroad during their undergraduate years, correlating …

Short-term study abroad, often in the instructor-led model, is growing nationally with 60% of
students enrolling in programs of this length in 2012-13 (IIE, 2013). Higher education …

In this chapter, we examine the research literature on student learning in study abroad
programs. Our focus is on intercultural learning and development, but the key findings have …

With the proliferation of short term study abroad programs at institutions of higher education,
there is a need for more rigorous assessment of how these pr ograms contribute to …