Education Abroad Bridging Scholarship and Practice Internationalization in Higher Education Series

Recent decades have seen unprecedented growth in the number of students travelling abroad for the purpose of short-term academic study. As such, attention is turning to the role that education abroad can have in enhancing student learning and producing global-ready graduates. This volume provides a succinct and accessible analysis of the existing research and scholarship around the world on a range of important areas related to contemporary education abroad, providing practitioners with important implications for programming and practice.

Focusing on fourteen key topics relating to education abroad, this accessible desktop compendium not only synthesizes what is already known, but also indicates which topics need further research and how the existing literature can be applied to daily programming and practice. Extending beyond student learning outcomes to look at essential topics such as institutional outcomes, program models, and host community outcomes, this volume covers major trends in contemporary research as well as an assessment of the methodological and design challenges that are common to education abroad research. The fourteen distinct topics address the broad themes of participation, programming, student outcomes, institutional outcomes and societal outcomes, and include chapters from a broad range of widely acknowledged and respected international experts.

Bridging the gap between scholarship and practice, this accessible guide is essential reading for anyone working in higher education today and involved in shaping and managing education abroad programs. It is useful for all who want to understand and leverage existing research to inform education abroad programming and practice.

Part 1: Participation. 1: Decision Making: Spatio-temporal contexts of decision-making in Education Abroad. 2: Socio-demographics: A global overview of inequalities in education abroad participation. Part 2: Programming. 3: Program Types: A matrix for cross-sectional analysis. 4: Program Components: (Re)considering the role of individual areas of programming in education abroad. Part 3: Student Outcomes. 5: Academic Development: The impact of education abroad on students as learners. 6: Language Proficiency: Developmental perspectives and linguistic outcomes of education. 7: Student Development: Reflecting on sense of place and multi-locality in education abroad programmes. 8: Global Citizenship, Identity and Intercultural Competence: Student identities in education abroad. 9: Employability: How education abroad impacts the transition to graduate employment. Part 4: Institutional Outcomes. 10: Institutional Impact: Maximising the impact of education abroad for all students. 11: Curriculum Integration: Maximising the impact of education for all students. 12: Faculty Engagement: Moving beyond a discourse of disengagement. Part 5: Societal Outcomes. 13: National Policies on Education Abroad Outcomes: Addressing undesired consequences. 14: Host Community Impact: From harm-minimization to positive impact. Conclusion: Future Directions for Education Abroad Research and Scholarship.

Anthony C. Ogden is the Associate Vice Provost for Global Engagement at the University of Wyoming, US.

Bernhard Streitwieser is an Assistant Professor of International Education and International Affairs, George Washington University Graduate School of Education and Human Development, US.

Christof Van Mol is an Assistant Professor of Sociology, Tilburg University, the Netherlands.