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The effect of study abroad on intercultural competence among undergraduate college students
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The effect of study abroad on intercultural competence among undergraduate college students

Mark H Salisbury, Brian P An and Ernest T Pascarella
Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, Vol.50(1), pp.1-20
2013
DOI: 10.1515/jsarp-2013-0001

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Abstract

International educators have long asserted that study abroad improves students’ intercultural competence. However, the evidence is less clear than the rhetoric suggests. Examining longitudinal data from a national study of college students, this study explores the impact of study abroad on intercultural competence while accounting for a host of precollege characteristics, institutional differences, college experiences, and study abroad intent. Results challenge prior assertions and complicate our understanding of the educational impact of study abroad

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