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Relich, Joseph D.; Kindler, Michael – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 1996
Discusses methods of strengthening learning outside the home society through a case study of Canadian students from Ontario who attended a teacher training program at the University of Western Sydney in Australia. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, North Americans
Myles, Wayne – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 1996
Examines the uses of technology--including the Internet and electronic bulletin boards-as ways of advertising to, networking with, and processing study abroad students and their learning on and off campus. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: College Students, Electronic Mail, Higher Education, International Educational Exchange
Weiner, Terry S, – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 1997
Focuses on the role played by the health care system, as organized by the modern state, in the way physicians do their work. Discusses the state of biomedical ethics and argues for international experiences for future physicians. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Ethics, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Health Services
DeWinter, Urbain J. – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 1997
Addresses the rationales for study abroad in the sciences and engineering; the demographic patterns in study abroad in science and engineering; the perceived barriers to study abroad in science and engineering; and some recommendations for the development of study abroad programs in science and engineering. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Demography, Engineering Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Maury, Claude – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 1997
Discusses French engineering schools flexibility in the management of their international initiatives, and highlights results of a survey of the international activities of French engineering schools. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, International Education
Gillespie, Joan; Braskamp, Larry; Braskamp, David – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 1999
Describes development of the IES Model Assessment Practice (MAP), a set of detailed criteria to use in evaluating IES study abroad programs and discusses how IES is beginning to implement MAP. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Models, Program Evaluation

Levy, Diane – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2000
Discusses the value of travel and study abroad in opening up students to three major areas: the host culture itself, new perspectives on their own culture, and self-learning. Focuses on how the "culture shock" experience can be used for student growth. Provides the example of a short- term honors study abroad program at the University of…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Culture Conflict, Higher Education, Honors Curriculum
Smith, Kathleen S. – Journal of Staff, Program & Organization Development, 2000
Describes the International Fellows Program, an initiative at the University of Georgia to help college faculty bring an international perspective to their academic scholarship. The program involves completion of a internationally-focused research or teaching project and usually involves overseas travel. (EV)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries, International Education

Gage, Mary – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2001
Focuses on the importance of international study in American universities and on how to mentor outstanding students to develop a global perspective. Addresses issues such as the case for international study, how to choose an international study program, finding the money for international study, advantages of international study, and international…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Higher Education, International Studies, Mentors
Penedes, Chaz – American Language Review, 2000
Provides information on how teachers can take groups of students on study tours to foreign countries. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, High Schools, Study Abroad

Douglas, Ceasar; Jones-Rikkers, Catherine G. – Journal of Teaching in International Business, 2001
Surveyed the worldmindedness (extent to which individuals value global perspectives on various issues) of students participating in study abroad programs designed to increase their exposure to different cultural contexts. Found that such programs do have a positive impact on development of worldmindedness, and that the level of difference between…
Descriptors: College Students, Cultural Awareness, Global Approach, Higher Education
Clarke, Ruth – Journal of Teaching in International Business, 2007
The emerging interaction of political processes sets the stage for the level of macro uncertainty and specific risk events that may occur in an international relationship. Strongly defined social control in Cuba, formal and informal, dominates the dynamics of the relationship, while simultaneously government, formal, action in the U.S. dominates…
Descriptors: Social Control, Interaction, Foreign Countries, Study Abroad
Finley, Jane B.; Taylor, Susan Lee; Warren, D. Lee – Journal of Teaching in International Business, 2007
Researchers agree that students' critical thinking and decision making skills are enhanced through exposure to new cultures and global markets. Thus, one way of bringing about improvement in these areas is through international travel courses. The purpose of this study is threefold. One, to describe the process involved in the creation of a…
Descriptors: Travel, Student Attitudes, Graduate Students, Course Descriptions
Lipka, Sara – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
Helicopter parents, notorious for hovering over their college-age children, may actually help students thrive, according to this year's National Survey of Student Engagement. Students whose parents intervene on their behalf--38 percent of freshmen and 29 percent of seniors--are more active in and satisfied with college, says the monstrous annual…
Descriptors: Educational Experience, College Students, Parent Participation, Surveys
Kennedy, John – Journal of Political Science Education, 2007
Conducting collaborative fieldwork between American researchers and foreign scholars in developing countries is a difficult prospect for political scientists. Yet, we can use our knowledge and position at an American university to contribute to the academic community in our areas of study and establish lasting personal and institutional ties with…
Descriptors: Political Science, International Education, Study Abroad, Developing Nations