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American Students Abroad: Professional versus Personal Development

The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1966-11, Vol.368 (1), p.43-59 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright 1966 The American Academy of Political and Social Science ;ISSN: 0002-7162 ;EISSN: 1552-3349 ;DOI: 10.1177/000271626636800106 ;CODEN: AAYPAV

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  • Title:
    American Students Abroad: Professional versus Personal Development
  • Author: Gullahorn, Jeanne E. ; Gullahorn, John T.
  • Subjects: Abroad ; Advanced students ; American Roles Abroad ; Graduate students ; International students ; Language skills ; Personal growth ; Prestige ; Profession/Professions/ Professional/ Professionals/ Professionalism/ Professionalized ; Questionnaires ; Social interaction ; Student/Students ; Study abroad ; United States/US ; Universities
  • Is Part Of: The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1966-11, Vol.368 (1), p.43-59
  • Description: Interview and questionnaire data from approximately four hundred American students in France and from over five thousand Fulbright and Smith-Mundt grantees provide information concerning the sojourners' overseas interaction and postaward communication experiences as well as their evaluations of the personal development and professional consequences of their work abroad. Multivariate analyses of the survey data reveal that evaluations of professional development and prestige are closely related to the lecturers', research scholars', and exchange teachers' appraisals of personal development and over-all satisfaction with their sojourns. For students, however, professional and personal development appear to be alternative outcomes of study abroad: those reporting more extensive interaction with host nationals and greater personal development and satisfaction tend to be less settled in adult roles and less committed to academic goals; whereas those indicating that study abroad furthered their professional development and advancement tend to be older, advanced graduate students who incorporated data gathered abroad in dissertations for advanced degrees, enabling them to obtain college faculty positions. Implications of these findings in terms of the goals of agencies sponsoring international educational exchange are discussed.
  • Publisher: Thousand Oaks, CA: American Academy of Political and Social Science
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0002-7162
    EISSN: 1552-3349
    DOI: 10.1177/000271626636800106
    CODEN: AAYPAV
  • Source: Alma/SFX Local Collection
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