Increasingly, international educators are researching the link between study abroad and retention and graduation rates, busting the myth that study abroad delays time to graduation and raising questions about whether it can be used as a strategy to increase rates of student persistence and success. This article in Inside Higher Ed mentions a recent study [...]
Jennifer Larr has the itch to go abroad. She’s 26 years old and has already spent a year studying in France and two years in Rwanda with the Peace Corps, and she is headed to Uganda this summer for an internship. She’s also a graduate student, studying international relations at UCLA. Larr is part of [...]
Today’s edition of The Atlantic features a piece by Elliot Gerson, executive vice president at the Aspen Institute, former Rhodes Scholar and American Secretary of the Rhodes Trust. Gerson writes a about the value of living and studying abroad, and encourages Americans to engage politically when they return home. Link to the article here.
Lizzie Jespersen, a photojournalism student, is studying abroad in San Joaquín de Flores, Costa Rica this summer, and is an official API Student Blogger. Lizzy is taking Spanish-language courses, and admits that the decision to study abroad (never mind the decision to study a foreign language abroad!) can be scary: “Everybody has admitted to being scared [...]
Want a different academic setting? A different cultural setting? Want to discover more of who you are? Studying abroad might be the answer for you. Studying abroad is not only academically and culturally fulfilling, but also fosters personal growth. If you had asked me two years ago where I wanted to study abroad, I would [...]