Embargo Period
8-16-2019
Degree Name
MA in Intercultural Service, Leadership, and Management
First Advisor
Karen Blanchard
Abstract
The purpose of study abroad is to facilitate students’ journey to global citizenship and a large part in doing this is having effective returnee programming. This research focused on what type of program models best facilitate this goal and are of interest to students at Washington State University (WSU). To answer this question, 12 WSU peer advisors, 4 global learning advisors at WSU, and 5 global learning advisors at other institutions were all interviewed. Along with that, a survey was sent out to all WSU student who had studied abroad within the past year. The results demonstrated that when WSU students return from their experiences abroad they are more motivated to become global citizens. The types of returnee programming that have the most interest to WSU students are program models that incorporate both incentives to students, while at the same time providing community. This study demonstrates the need for investment in returnee programming at WSU and the program models that can most effectively benefit students’ path to global citizenship.
Disciplines
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education | Curriculum and Instruction | Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research | Educational Leadership | Educational Methods | International and Comparative Education | Leadership Studies
Recommended Citation
Foos, Kristen, "Creating Global Citizens Through Returnee Programming" (2019). Capstone Collection. 3187.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/capstones/3187
Included in
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education Commons, Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Commons, Educational Leadership Commons, Educational Methods Commons, International and Comparative Education Commons, Leadership Studies Commons