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Dias Lopes, Alice – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2020
This paper aims to understand the effect of international mobility in higher education on Brazilian education inequality by examining the Science Without Borders programme for undergraduate students. The SWB aimed to award 101,000 scholarships for Brazilian undergraduate students to conduct part of their studies in a foreign university between…
Descriptors: Student Mobility, Study Abroad, Educational Attainment, Parent Background
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Guilherme, Alexandre; Morosini, Marilia; Kohls dos Santos, Pricila – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2018
This article presents a study that analyses interviews of African students participating in the PEC academic mobility programme, so to gain an understanding of the individual and corporate experience of living and studying in Brazil. However, our analysis also demonstrates a highly significant finding that the historical process of colonisation,…
Descriptors: International Education, Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Foreign Policy
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
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Earnest, Garee W. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2003
Participation in a leadership-focused study-abroad program is a highly effective way to learn about leadership, based on student responses that cite powerful leadership learning experiences. To operate effectively in the expanding global arena, current and future leaders will need the ability to deal with different cultures and languages almost on…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Leadership Training, Student Attitudes, Labor Force