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What was the most valuable thing you learned IN the classroom while studying abroad?
The History of Studying Abroad
- Part 1: 1190-1900
International education refers to “education that transcends national borders by exchange of people,” and has been going on in written history for nearly a thousand years… - Part 2: The Aftermath of the World Wars
With the First World War coming to an end, American colleges, religious groups, and peace-promoting organizations started to explore creative ways to inspire their students to learn more about the world outside of US borders. By creating a greater understanding between nations through international exchange, they reasoned, countries could achieve a lasting peace and a strong basis for fostering more effective communication… - Part 3: The 1950s - The Cold War
As the world was settling into the post-war generation, there were increased opportunities for education abroad. With political support for study abroad as a means for increasing world peace, programs developed rapidly… - Part 4: The Final Countdown
Because of advancing technology, infrastructure, and communication, the tourism sector boomed. This improved accessibility to travel gave the study abroad industry just the kick it needed…
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CEO advice for grads: Travel, learn, follow your passion →
One of the recommendations in this article that is repeated by multiple CEOs is that they wished they had broadened their experience and worldview through travel early in their lives!
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After years of expensive education
A car full of books and anticipation
I’m an expert on Shakespeare and that’s a hell of a lot
But the world don’t need scholars as much as I thought
Maybe I’ll go traveling for a year
Finding myself, or start a career
- “Twentysomething”, Jamie Cullum
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I think current students don’t need as much encouragement as some of us think because the desire to study abroad is growing rapidly. And universities all over the country — our country, are encouraging study abroad.
Source: thedianerehmshow.org
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on International Education Week and opportunities for educational exchange:
“Happy studying, somewhere in the world.”
No one can “get” an education, for of necessity education is a continuing process.
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U.S. Department of State: A Well-Informed Student Is Our Best Traveler →
About the Author: Mary Hantsch serves as a Consular Officer in the Office of American Citizens Services and Crisis Management.
While much of the country bakes under the August sun and most families are enjoying a final vacation before school starts this fall, over 225,000 young Americans are preparing to depart for Study Abroad programs around the world. The U.S. Department of State’s highest priority is the protection of U.S. citizens abroad. The safety and welfare of U.S. students studying and traveling overseas is a special concern to us, and it’s the reason for our efforts to inform and assist student travelers….
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Americans have been the world’s most successful students and entrepreneurs for the past century. We have to envision a new set of global skills that include understanding world languages and cultures to retain our edge in an increasingly interconnected economy.
Source: auburn.edu
“…What do you wish to be? What would you like to become?”
I did not know, and I told her so, but the question worried me. Should I know?
“There is time,” she said, “but the sooner you know, the sooner you can plan. To have a goal is the important thing, and to work toward it. Then, if you decide you wish to do something different, you will at least have been moving, you will have been going somewhere, you will have been learning.”
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Infographic: Youth Movement
If you would like to move permanently to another country, to which country would you like to move?
From 2007 to 2010, Gallup posed this evocative question to people in 148 countries all over the world. To include an additional dimension, the responses of young people aged 15 to 29, as well as educated adults, were also tracked. Together, the conceivable gain in overall population tell a tale of how the wishful relocation of young and educated people could shape what the world would resemble as desire becomes reality.
A collaboration between GOOD and Column Five Media
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Now I understand that one of the important reasons for going to college and getting an education is to learn that the things you’ve believed in all your life aren’t true, and that nothing is what it appears to be.
News: Academic Outcomes of Study Abroad - Inside Higher Ed →
“I think if there’s one take-home message from this research as a whole it is that study abroad does not undermine educational outcomes, it doesn’t undermine graduation rate, it doesn’t undermine final semester GPA. It’s not a distraction. At worst, it can have relatively little impact on some students’ educational careers. And at best it enhances the progress toward degree. It enhances the quality of learning…”
