Student Development Among Community College Participants in Study Abroad Programs

2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (8) ◽  
pp. 608-619 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devi S. Drexler ◽  
Dale F. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
Student Development ◽  
Study Abroad Programs

Institutionalizing International Education and Embedding Education Abroad Into the Campus Community

2019 ◽  
pp. 172-183
Author(s):  
Carola Smith
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
International Education ◽  
Campus Community ◽  
Study Abroad Programs ◽  
Education Abroad ◽  
Descriptive Case Study ◽  
International Collaborations

This chapter is a descriptive case study on one community college in California to show how the institution was able to successfully institutionalize study abroad through advocacy, strategic planning, and the cultivation of local, statewide, and international collaborations. Because of the longevity and vitality of the program examined in this particular case study, there is useful insight for other education abroad professionals who are at varying stages of implementing, developing, or institutionalizing study abroad programs at their respective institutions.

Opening the Door to Study Abroad From Community Colleges

2019 ◽  
pp. 22-36
Author(s):  
Julie Baer
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Community Colleges ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
Student Characteristics ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Study Abroad Programs ◽  
The Past ◽  
Time Period

Drawing upon data from Open Doors®, this chapter highlights the unique characteristics of study abroad from community colleges over the past decade. It explores patterns in destinations, durations, and student characteristics for study abroad at community colleges over this time period. Through lessons learned from IIE's Heiskell Award winners and Generation Study Abroad (GSA) community college commitment partners, the chapter will conclude with best practices from community colleges that have made commitments to increase and diversify their study abroad programs.

The Outreach Triad for Successful Study Abroad Programs

2019 ◽  
pp. 107-119
Author(s):  
Jennifer Joy Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Study Abroad Programs ◽  
Community Partners ◽  
Program Administrators ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Funding Opportunities ◽  
Communication Methods

The old adage “build it and they will come” does not apply in the context of study abroad at the community college. Community colleges have historically struggled with study abroad enrollment due to a number of factors including inadequate funding, insufficient institutional support, and a lack of interest and awareness on behalf of their students. While there are many factors that go into successful programming for study abroad, one key element is outreach. This chapter will define outreach in terms of the marketing and communication methods to three key stakeholders in study abroad: students, faculty, and the local community. It will be argued that program administrators need to better understand the various ways in which outreach is used to increase both student enrollment, minority students in particular, and the number of faculty engaged in leading study abroad at the community college. The chapter will conclude by proposing some strategies for identifying funding opportunities from local community partners.

Enhancing Study Abroad Participation and Choices of Destination at Community Colleges

2019 ◽  
pp. 131-146
Author(s):  
Monija Amani ◽  
Mikyong Minsun Kim
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Community College ◽  
Community Colleges ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
Community College Students ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Study Abroad Programs ◽  
Program Coordinators ◽  
Study Abroad Program ◽  
Selection Of

This chapter addresses the findings of a multilayered study regarding perceptions of study abroad coordinators and students related to community college students' decisions to engage in global programs abroad and the factors that motivate their selection of a destination. In-depth interviews of study abroad program coordinators and students from three community colleges located in urban, suburban, and rural areas provided rich and diverse perspectives regarding students' access and engagement in study abroad programs and the reasons that affect their choices of destinations. Findings showed synchronicity and alignment between the study abroad coordinators' and students' perspectives. However, study abroad coordinators revealed that institutional administrators or leaders who have established connections with certain destinations influence program and destination offerings, which in turn broadens or limits students' selection of study abroad choices. Discussions and implications related to community college students, faculty, institutional leaders, and policymakers provide insight on how to make study abroad more accessible to community college students and expand their choice of destination.

scholarly journals Moving through Autonomy toward Interdependence: A Framework for Examining Student Perceptions of Development in a Hybrid Model Study Abroad Program

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 99-125
Author(s):  
Morgan McCleeary ◽  
Niki Sol
Keyword(s):  
Study Abroad ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Student Development ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Study Abroad Programs ◽  
Model Study ◽  
Study Abroad Program ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Insight Into

Examining how students develop abroad within a given study abroad program model can provide insight into their experiences and how to best support them. This study explores the experiences of students who studied abroad through one of Midwest College’s five hybrid study abroad programs during the 2016-2017 academic year. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine students to determine the participants’ perceptions of their personal development, using Chickering and Reisser’s (1993) third vector of student development, moving through autonomy toward interdependence, as a theoretical framework. The findings revealed that participants perceived they had grown in all three areas of Chickering and Reisser’s third vector: instrumental independence, emotional independence and interdependence, providing new insight and perspective into the growing body of research regarding student development in study abroad program models.

Low-Cost Initiatives for Expanding Study Abroad Opportunities

2019 ◽  
pp. 158-171
Author(s):  
Drew Allen Gephart
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Community Colleges ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
International Education ◽  
Financial Aid ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Study Abroad Programs ◽  
Administrative Procedure ◽  
Promotional Materials ◽  
Study Abroad Program

Community colleges without a budget strictly allocated to study abroad programs need to be creative in how they expand opportunities for their students. This chapter will focus on the strategies developed by the Peralta Community College District's Office of International Education to develop a stronger study abroad program with limited resources and staffing. After the Peralta Colleges committed to the Institute of International Education's Generation Study Abroad initiative in 2014, it created new study abroad programs, organized annual study abroad fairs, was awarded a scholarship of $7,500, created new promotional materials and an administrative procedure, launched a new website and newsletter, organized financial aid workshops and professional development day presentations for faculty, and opened a study abroad scholarship through its foundation. The chapter will share how other colleges can learn from these efforts and institutionalize study abroad on their campuses.

Emplacing Berlin: Digital Itineraries and Short-term Study Abroad in the City

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard B. Apgar
Keyword(s):  
Study Abroad ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Study Abroad Programs ◽  
Term Study ◽  
Digital Maps ◽  
Short Term Study ◽  
The City

As destination of choice for many short-term study abroad programs, Berlin offers students of German language, culture and history a number of sites richly layered with significance. The complexities of these sites and the competing narratives that surround them are difficult for students to grasp in a condensed period of time. Using approaches from the spatial humanities, this article offers a case study for enhancing student learning through the creation of digital maps and itineraries in a campus-based course for subsequent use during a three-week program in Berlin. In particular, the concept of deep mapping is discussed as a means of augmenting understanding of the city and its history from a narrative across time to a narrative across the physical space of the city. As itineraries, these course-based projects were replicated on site. In moving from the digital environment to the urban landscape, this article concludes by noting meanings uncovered and narratives formed as we moved through the physical space of the city.

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