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Study Abroad

by KYW's Dr. Marciene Mattleman

The number of study abroad students doubled in the past ten years. It's generally positive with a few bumps along the road.

Simon Marginson in The Chronicle of Higher Education refers to ethnic intimidation, citing examples from Australia. In foreign countries students have issues of financial support, health, safety, work issues as well as relations with their universities and the government's immigration department with little help in resolving them.

According to Marginson, the value of international exposure differs from a local one in three ways: students are lonelier, more marginal and less informed than their local peers. Secondly, language can be a barrier and then there are often problems of abuse and discrimination often due to communication issues.

In another of the Chronicle's articles dealing with study abroad, Clemson University is cited when it discovered that its students were showed partying and drinking in Spain on YouTube. The concern was that the videos would be seen by employers and would hurt the students' chances of being hired.

It's important for students to think before they act!

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