This book examines the development of American undergraduate study
abroad to the present day, investigating how powerful derogatory
beliefs about international exchange have constrained its growth
and examining the policy designed to increase participation in
overseas education.
In the early twentieth century, Americans came to perceive U.S.
higher education as superior to the European institutions they
previously admired. Whereas American men once sought European
educations to pursue the professions, they now stayed home. After
World War I, study abroad became the domain of undergraduate women,
often from private women's colleges perceived to be bastions of
wealth and purposeless liberal education. Their presence then and
now contributes to the perception that study abroad is a Grand
Tour, unconnected to the functional and career-oriented education
prized in America.
This book contributes to a new understanding of why negative
beliefs have so long defined study overseas; how and why study
abroad has been pursued by those who support it; the role overseas
education abroad has played in the lives of women who are its
primary participants; and to a new foundation upon which to build
policy about foreign study in the twenty-first century.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
RoutledgeFalmer Studies in Higher Education |
Release date: |
September 2005 |
First published: |
2005 |
Authors: |
Joan Elias Gore
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
278 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-97457-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Sociology, social studies >
General
|
LSN: |
0-415-97457-7 |
Barcode: |
9780415974578 |
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