The Long-term Personal and Professional Impacts of Participating in a Study Abroad Program
The Long-term Personal and Professional Impacts of Participating in a Study Abroad Program
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参加出国留学项目对个人和职业的长期影响
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2013
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Elisa Ditta
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D. DeGraaf;C. Slagter;K. Larsen;Elisa Ditta
拉迪亚德·吉卜林的话完美地描绘了许多大学生出国留学的奇迹。兴奋导致在未知的地方进行新的冒险，邀请学生进行探索和新的体验。但吉卜林的这句话也让人想知道，在海外留学经历后，等待学生的是什么。出国留学的短期和长期影响是什么？在过去的二十年里，由美国的学院和大学赞助的海外学期项目呈爆炸式增长。这些项目的宣传通常包括将学生的海外经历吹捧为改变他们一生的经历，这将对他们产生永远的影响。然而，尽管有这么多的说法，很少有实证研究超越了考察出国留学的直接影响，从各种角度考察这种经历对学生的长期影响（Dwyer, 2004）。因此，本研究的目的是双重的。首先，这项研究将比较在国外完成一个学期和没有完成一个学期的学生之间公民参与的各种衡量标准。其次，该研究将考察在校外度过至少一个学期后，出国留学对学生的长期个人影响。
Rudyard Kipling’s words portray perfectly the wonder of studying abroad for many college students. The excitement that leads up to a new adventure in an unknown place invites students into exploration and new experiences. But Kipling’s quote also leads one to wonder what is waiting for students after a study abroad experience. What are the short-term and long-term impacts of studying abroad? The last two decades have witnessed an explosion of semester abroad programs sponsored by colleges and universities in the United States. Promotion of these programs usually includes the touting of a students’ time abroad as a life-changing experience, one that will impact them forever. Yet despite these many claims, few empirical studies have moved beyond examining the immediate impacts of studying abroad to examine the long-term impact of the experience on students through a variety of lenses (Dwyer, 2004). Thus, the purpose of this study is twofold. First, the study will compare various measures of civic engagement between students who have and have not completed a semester abroad. Second, the study will examine the long-term personal impacts of studying abroad on students after spending at least one semester off-campus.