Foundations, Foibles and Discovery

Internationalising a campus through short-term trips abroad

Bibliographic Data

ID12869798
AuthorsMark Sachleben (Shippensburg University, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume15
Issue1
Pages37-48
Publication date2015-09-25
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Political Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1680-4333 • E-ISSN: 1682-0983
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1057/eps.2015.41
OpenAlexW2241298548
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited18

This article examines how the political science department of a small, regional university (Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania) has tried to develop activities that will help internationalise the student body and the campus. The article examines, in an attempt to prepare and internationalise students, the departments’ short-term study abroad opportunities. In particular, the article evaluates one course as a case study and proposes a new method aimed at trying to assess its efficacy. In doing so, this article will review the literature on the impact of study abroad, focusing on short-term study (or faculty-led) experiences and discuss the pedagogical motivations of such courses. Finally, the article will propose, and preliminarily test, a new method of assessing short-term study about courses. The conclusion of this article speculates on the final results and details the substantial barriers to replication and augmentation of these programmes

Comparative politics · Higher education · Medical education · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Study abroad · Term (time · TRIPS architecture · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Engineering · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences · Law · Medicine

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