Will Terrorism End Study Abroad Trips?
There is a major risk for student travelers.
Red Alert Politics reports.
Will college abroad trips disappear due to terror threat?
With the world becoming more violent every day, some wonder if studying abroad is still a safe learning experience for American students.
Travel concern has increased following the Paris terror attacks in November, in which several Americans were injured. California State University mourned the loss of Nohemi Gonzalez, a senior design student who was spending a semester studying abroad and was fatally shot in one of the attacks.
Students at Shenandoah University (SU) in northern Virginia, voiced some safety concerns about their upcoming study abroad trips, but won’t let the violence overseas stop them from traveling.
SU has a university-funded program called the Global Citizenship Project (GCP), that sends its students and staff members around the world — free of cost — over spring break.
Will college abroad trips disappear due to terror threat? (Red Alert Politics)
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Well, maybe from the US to other places, but recruitment, at least at my institution, is bringing in a lot of students from overseas to the U.S.
Nice kids. Actually want to study and learn stuff, unlike some of the “native” students who are upset if your class isn’t entertaining enough.
Halfway through my 34th year. There are exceptions, but in general the U.S. students are much more self-absorbed and expect more spoon-fed courses than those of “way back then.”
In part because of the increased requirements from governmental agencies and in part because of cultural influences, including parental “abandonment” in the education of their children, Asian “tiger moms” being an example of an exception.