Eating in Buenos Aires…on a Student’s Budget
Nearly 4,000 U.S. students studied abroad in Argentina in 2006/07, up 26% from the previous year. The vast majority studied in Buenos Aires, Argentina’s enormous and fascinating capital city. But B.A.’s skyrocketing popularity should really come as no surprise: Argentina’s massive capital city boasts some of the finest food in the world and is home to a culinary tradition unparalleled throughout the rest of Central and South America. Read more →
Study Abroad and Global Citizenship: A Match Made in Pleven
In a recent Inside Higher Ed article, Elizabeth Redden reports on groundbreaking research from this year’s NAFSA conference showcasing the strong correlation between study abroad and increased global citizenship. The study found that even short-term programs resulted in students demonstrating increased awareness and interest in cross-cultural issues. Read more →
The Foreign Relations Authorization Act: One Million Students to Study Abroad by 2018
Living Abroad Linked to an Increase in Creativity
Writers, painters and thinkers from across the globe have long relied on overseas travel to stimulate creativity. Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Picasso, and Rudyard Kipling, for instance, all spent significant time living abroad and achieved some of their most important work from outside the borders of their homelands. For these turn-of-the-century artists, living abroad certainly sparked creativity and yielded obvious results. But can today’s wanderer increase creativity simply by living abroad? The answer, surprisingly, is a resounding yes. Read more →
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