{"id":42,"date":"2009-06-23T19:47:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-23T19:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.abroad101.local\/?p=42"},"modified":"2023-10-11T06:50:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T10:50:27","slug":"study-abroad-and-global-citizenship-a-match-made-in-pleven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.studyabroad101.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/study-abroad-and-global-citizenship-a-match-made-in-pleven\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Abroad and Global Citizenship: A Match Made in Heaven"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"In a recent Inside Higher Ed<\/span> article, Elizabeth Redden reports on groundbreaking research from this year’s NAFSA conference showcasing the strong correlation between study abroad and increased global citizenship. The study found that even short-term programs resulted in students demonstrating increased awareness and interest in cross-cultural issues.<\/p>\n

Redden references Lisa Chieffo, Associate Director of the University of Delaware’s Center for International Studies, who conducted a study revolving around the question \u201cWhat impacts (if any) does a month-long study abroad program have on students?\u201d Chieffo surveyed more than 1,200 students, asking questions like \u201cBeing in an environment where I don\u2019t understand the local language makes me nervous,\u201d and \u201cI am able to ascertain whether a member of the host culture is annoyed with me.\u201d The results illustrated strong positive trends in students’ global \"\"<\/a>engagement.<\/p>\n

Chieffo affirms that “Something is going on in these short-term programs,” and this research further supports the notion that study abroad can have a significant impact on American students’ role in an increasingly globalized society. While Americans may be known as notoriously ethnocentric to those abroad, there is no better way to mold the next generation of leaders than by promoting international exposure among our students.<\/p>\n

Hopefully efforts such as the Senator Simon Act can ensure that our students don’t only think outside the box, but that they bring their passports along and think outside our borders, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a recent Inside Higher Ed article, Elizabeth Redden reports on groundbreaking research from this year’s NAFSA conference showcasing the strong correlation between study abroad and increased global citizenship. The study found that even short-term programs resulted in students demonstrating increased awareness and interest in cross-cultural issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_ppma_block_editor_authors":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[29,129,261],"ppma_author":[682],"class_list":["post-42","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-study-abroad-news","tag-abroad101","tag-global-citizenship","tag-study-abroad","author-pwpadmin"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t