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  • Study abroad and national identity

    Creator:
    Pelosi, Giustina M.
    Abstract:
    A recent and steady increase in student participation in study-abroad programs has caused international educators and student affairs professionals to reevaluate the current study-abroad paradigm and redesign and implement new curricula better suited to meet the changing needs of international education. Recent emphasis has been placed on understanding outcomes of...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    ; she states “that research on study-abroad must include efforts to move beyond the evaluation or

  • Assessing the impact of various experiences on students' levels of global citizenship

    Creator:
    Lang, Julia S.
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this quantitative study was to identify factors that contribute to students' levels of global citizenship. Factors considered in this research include (a) race/ethnicity, (b) gender, (c), year in school, (d) age, (e), length of time abroad, (f) host family experience, (g), community service abroad, (h) more than...
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    Masters Thesis
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    purpose of this quantitative study was to identify factors that contribute to students’ levels of global

  • The concept of disability in graduate programs that specialize in study abroad or international exchange

    Creator:
    Fanjoy, Ali
    Abstract:
    This thesis explores how and why the concept of disability is included in, or excluded from, the curricula of graduate programs that specialize in international exchange and/or study abroad. Five graduate programs in the United States participated in this study. Data was collected from program websites and through interviews with...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    of Disability in Graduate Programs that Specialize in Study Abroad or International Exchange

  • Student involvement and study abroad : exploring Astin's Theory in an overseas program in France

    Creator:
    Crust, Susan L.
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this study was to determine whether Alexander Astin's Theory of Student Involvement could be applied to an academic experience in an overseas setting. Using data collected from the program evaluations of 79 students who had participated in the Oregon University System exchange program in Lyon, France during...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    Evaluation 95 Appendix B Coder Form 106 Appendix C Study Abroad Year Transcript 120 Appendix D OSU

  • Global Citizen, Global Consumer: Study Abroad, Neoliberal Convergence, and the Eat, Pray, Love Phenomenon

    Creator:
    Barbour, Nancy Staton
    Abstract:
    This thesis examines the convergence of neoliberal rhetoric across popular media, academic, and institutional discourses, and draws connections between contemporary women's travel literature and common scripts in study abroad promotion. Finding such narratives to be freighted with ethnocentric constructs and tacit endorsements of market-based globalization, I critique the mainstreaming of...
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    Masters Thesis
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    , 2012. Title: Global Citizen, Global Consumer: Study Abroad, Neoliberal Convergence