Crossing the North-South Divide: A Critical Analysis of Study Abroad Programs to Emerging Nations
Comparative Sciences: Interdisciplinary Approaches
ISBN: 978-1-78350-455-8, eISBN: 978-1-78350-456-5
Publication date: 7 May 2015
Abstract
This critical analysis explores issues linked to the development of sustainable study abroad programs in emerging nations, and the challenge of developing true partnerships between universities in the North and South. To this end the analysis: (1) develops a framework for analyzing the opportunities, challenges, and dilemmas of expanding study abroad programs in emerging nations; (2) asks how study abroad programs might be redesigned to become more beneficial to host institutions and communities, while providing more responsive and transformative learning experiences for students; and (3) examines the challenges facing universities from the North and South who wish to create collaborative partnerships linked to grants, research, and publications.
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Citation
Biraimah, K.L. and Jotia, A.L. (2015), "Crossing the North-South Divide: A Critical Analysis of Study Abroad Programs to Emerging Nations", Comparative Sciences: Interdisciplinary Approaches (International Perspectives on Education and Society, Vol. 26), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 125-151. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-367920140000026006
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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