Identifying Post-Pandemic Gaps In Intercultural Development During An Undergraduate Short-Term Study Abroad

2023-08-25 18:14:28 | Open Access Publications | Contributor(s): James J. Tanoos, Yangsai Lyu

Deficiencies in intercultural insight amongst American youth have led to an increased focus on globalization within institutions of higher education.

Hamburg Central Europe in 12 Days on a Limited Budget: Experiencing political and cultural history doesn’t have to be expensive

2023-03-03 15:33:32 | Blogs/Editorials | Contributor(s): Jim Tanoos

by Jim Tanoos, with pictures and activities from annual study abroad visits to Munich, Prague, Hamburg, and Rotterdam by students from Purdue University in Indiana, USA

An Instructor’s Experiment: Adding Intentional Global Competency into a Pre-Existing Short-Term Study Abroad Program

2019-07-19 18:44:25 | Reports/White Papers | Contributor(s): Michael D Bittinger

This white paper describes the instructor’s efforts to add a one-credit “culture-general” certificate program to a popular six-week summer study abroad program in Florence, Italy.

Meta-analysis of 2016-17 Winter and Spring-Break Departmental Study Abroad Programs

2019-02-06 20:48:42 | Reports/White Papers | Contributor(s): Katherine N. Yngve

Discusses institutional outcomes of 2016-17 short-term "faculty-led" programs; both those programs which used qualitative assessment methods and those which used quantitative. It also analyzes the effect of leader pedagogy training on outcomes.

Intercultural Development Outcomes of 24 Purdue Short-term Study Abroad programs

2019-02-06 14:37:59 | Reports/White Papers | Contributor(s): Katherine N. Yngve

This report discusses learner outcomes of 24 "faculty-led" programs ranging in length from one to four weeks abroad, and compares outcomes of leaders who have had intercultural mentoring training as opposed to those who have not.