|
|
|
RESOURCES
FOR HIGHER
EDUCATION
Newsletters:
In This Issue Current Issue Archives
April 2005
| International Education Report April 2005 full issue PDF … |
| Work-Study Cultural Immersion in Action Hannigan is interested in what happens when young people cross borders -- as in a study abroad program. But he’s especially interested in the ones who choose to work in other countries, rather than simply studying. He believes that, with work-study students, it’s easier to observe the transformations that can occur abroad. |
| Code-shifting The Secret of Intercultural Competence Intercultural competence is a concept one comes across frequently among study abroad practitioners. But what exactly does it mean? Most people in the field can probably give some kind of definition. And everyone senses that it refers to traits that are close to the heart of international education. But until recently, an agreed-upon way to evaluate intercultural competence had yet to be found. This may be on the point of changing. At the American University in Washington, D.C., Mitchell Hammer has developed a test that he believes evaluates intercultural competency with depth and clarity. Should Hammer’s test be accepted as the standard? First you’ll have to deal with the challenges he poses to the study abroad community. |
| Student Behavior Abroad The Surprising Truth Janis Perkins had an alarming thought one day. The director of the Office for Study Abroad at the University of Iowa had been talking with a group of other international education professionals when the possibility — “a paranoid perception” as she calls it — occurred to her. “Students are engaged in their worst behavior when they are overseas.” |
| Welcoming Third-Culture Kids: Another Side of Internationalization Although most colleges and universities have formal programs to send domestic students abroad and bring international students in, not all are equipped to serve a population that falls somewhere in between. “Third culture kids” are U.S.-born students who have lived most of their lives abroad because of their parents’ work and are now returning to the United States — some for the first time in a dozen or more years — to start their postsecondary education. |
| International Academic Guides A selection of reference guides to international academia. |
| How to Serve TCKs In the article “Global or Domestic Nomads or Third Culture Kids: Who Are They and What the University Needs to Know,” 2003 Colorado State University Journal of Student Affairs, Wendy Stultz offers the following recommendations for recruiting and retaining TCKs: |
