Study Abroad Participation at Community Colleges: Students’ Decision and Influential Factors

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (10) ◽  
pp. 678-692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monija Amani ◽  
Mikyong Minsun Kim
Keyword(s):  
Community Colleges ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
Influential Factors

Thinking Globally About Social Justice

2019 ◽  
pp. 184-199
Author(s):  
Tiffany Viggiano
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Community Colleges ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
Global Justice ◽  
Social Connections ◽  
The Relationship

Scholars have identified community colleges as ideal institutions to facilitate global justice through their involvement in internationalization activities such as study abroad. This chapter explores the meaning of humanism as it relates to study abroad at the community college. Using Andreotti, Stein, Pashby, and Nicolson's Paradigms of Discourse, the chapter describes the ways in which humanism can be defined in a variety of ways based on one's own goals. The chapter also grounds a rationale for study abroad at the community college within critical humanism by applying Young's Social Connections Model. Finally, the chapter applies the critical humanist rationale to begin to question the relationship between community college study abroad initiatives: Who is included in the community mission? Whose cultures come to be understood from involvement in study abroad? How are U. S. cultures represented by study abroad?

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.

Thinking Globally About Social Justice

2021 ◽  
pp. 1296-1311
Author(s):  
Tiffany Viggiano
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Community Colleges ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
Global Justice ◽  
Social Connections ◽  
The Relationship

Scholars have identified community colleges as ideal institutions to facilitate global justice through their involvement in internationalization activities such as study abroad. This chapter explores the meaning of humanism as it relates to study abroad at the community college. Using Andreotti, Stein, Pashby, and Nicolson's Paradigms of Discourse, the chapter describes the ways in which humanism can be defined in a variety of ways based on one's own goals. The chapter also grounds a rationale for study abroad at the community college within critical humanism by applying Young's Social Connections Model. Finally, the chapter applies the critical humanist rationale to begin to question the relationship between community college study abroad initiatives: Who is included in the community mission? Whose cultures come to be understood from involvement in study abroad? How are U. S. cultures represented by study abroad?

Changing the Conversation

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Rosalind Latiner Raby
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Community College ◽  
Community Colleges ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
Community College Students ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Education Abroad ◽  
Institutional Choices

Community college literature uses three distinct narratives to explain why few community colleges offer education abroad and why limited numbers of community college students study abroad. This chapter explores the viability of these narratives and counters them by showing that non-traditional community college students understand the role of education abroad to enhance their personal and professional growth, are capable of making sound decisions, and are able to balance work, school, and family. The chapter concludes with a discussion on how weak institutional choices remain the most important element that negatively impacts the choice to study abroad.

scholarly journals Rewriting the Narrative: An Anti-Deficit Perspective on Study Abroad Participation Among Students of Color

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 148-165
Author(s):  
Christel Perkins
Keyword(s):  
Study Abroad ◽  
Students Of Color ◽  
Choice Model ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
The Self ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Cultural Wealth ◽  
Education Literature ◽  
Survey Responses

Higher education literature has often documented the barriers to participation in study abroad for students of color. However, the majority of study abroad research to date employs a deficit frame; focusing on why students of color do not participate, rather than what enables students of color to rise above barriers. Using an anti-deficit orientation, this study analyzed survey responses of a sample of students of color who studied abroad, in order to highlight the self-reported motivational and influential factors present in their decision-making process. Building on previous applications of the integrated college choice model (Salisbury et al., 2011), and informed by Yosso’s (2005) community cultural wealth model, this article presents a new conceptual framework for understanding how students of color use forms of capital to enable them to study abroad. Implications and practical suggestions for future research and study abroad administration are described in light of the study’s findings.

Utilizing a National Association to Increase Access to Education Abroad

2019 ◽  
pp. 255-264
Author(s):  
Jayme Kreitinger ◽  
Tanith Fowler Corsi
Keyword(s):  
Community Colleges ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
International Education ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Budget Cuts ◽  
Pricing Models ◽  
Education Abroad ◽  
Global Mission ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Strategic Study

Today, community colleges seek to internationalize amid an environment of widespread internal budget cuts and restricted resources. It has become increasingly common for community colleges to incorporate a global mission into their strategic plan despite current economic realities dictating that funding get allocated to priority projects such as student enrollment and academics before they reach international activities. A common misperception is that international education is a costly endeavor that has the potential to put a strain on the institutional budget. In reality, international education operations can be set up to be self-supporting and generate revenue for the institution through strategic study abroad pricing models. This chapter constructs a scenario to explore how community colleges can do more with less to expand their international agenda while navigating a climate of internal budget constraints and institutional downsizing.

Community College Study Abroad and Implications for Student Success: Comparing California and New Jersey Community Colleges

2016 ◽  
pp. 281-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary M. Rhodes ◽  
Janice M. Thomas ◽  
Rosalind Latiner Raby ◽  
Amparo G. Codding ◽  
Andrea Lynch
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Community Colleges ◽  
New Jersey ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
Student Success

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.

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