Comments on: 1% of American students study abroad http://matadornetwork.com/pulse/1-of-american-students-study-abroad/ travel culture worldwide Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: pomm http://matadornetwork.com/pulse/1-of-american-students-study-abroad/#comment-99487 pomm Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:14:00 +0000 http://matadorpulse.com/?p=653#comment-99487 study abroad really doesnt seem worth the money unless its for a foriegn language. Im sure its an awsome experiance but unless its for language. then you should just take a long vacation study abroad really doesnt seem worth the money unless its for a foriegn language. Im sure its an awsome experiance but unless its for language. then you should just take a long vacation

]]> By: Catt http://matadornetwork.com/pulse/1-of-american-students-study-abroad/#comment-85725 Catt Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:56:00 +0000 http://matadorpulse.com/?p=653#comment-85725 A great option for students wanted to spend at least some time abroad is to check out XploreU . The company has brands pay for students to travel across the globe for 1-4 weeks volunteering and exploring the culture in return for being a brand ambassador on campus when they return. Students only have to pay the airfare from their home state to the departure city (Miami, NY, etc). It's a great concept for students and lets them give back to the community as well. A great option for students wanted to spend at least some time abroad is to check out XploreU . The company has brands pay for students to travel across the globe for 1-4 weeks volunteering and exploring the culture in return for being a brand ambassador on campus when they return. Students only have to pay the airfare from their home state to the departure city (Miami, NY, etc). It’s a great concept for students and lets them give back to the community as well.

]]> By: Catt http://matadornetwork.com/pulse/1-of-american-students-study-abroad/#comment-85726 Catt Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:56:00 +0000 http://matadorpulse.com/?p=653#comment-85726 A great option for students wanted to spend at least some time abroad is to check out XploreU . The company has brands pay for students to travel across the globe for 1-4 weeks volunteering and exploring the culture in return for being a brand ambassador on campus when they return. Students only have to pay the airfare from their home state to the departure city (Miami, NY, etc). It's a great concept for students and lets them give back to the community as well. A great option for students wanted to spend at least some time abroad is to check out XploreU . The company has brands pay for students to travel across the globe for 1-4 weeks volunteering and exploring the culture in return for being a brand ambassador on campus when they return. Students only have to pay the airfare from their home state to the departure city (Miami, NY, etc). It’s a great concept for students and lets them give back to the community as well.

]]> By: Catt http://matadornetwork.com/pulse/1-of-american-students-study-abroad/#comment-85727 Catt Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:56:00 +0000 http://matadorpulse.com/?p=653#comment-85727 A great option for students wanted to spend at least some time abroad is to check out XploreU . The company has brands pay for students to travel across the globe for 1-4 weeks volunteering and exploring the culture in return for being a brand ambassador on campus when they return. Students only have to pay the airfare from their home state to the departure city (Miami, NY, etc). It's a great concept for students and lets them give back to the community as well. A great option for students wanted to spend at least some time abroad is to check out XploreU . The company has brands pay for students to travel across the globe for 1-4 weeks volunteering and exploring the culture in return for being a brand ambassador on campus when they return. Students only have to pay the airfare from their home state to the departure city (Miami, NY, etc). It’s a great concept for students and lets them give back to the community as well.

]]> By: TimR http://matadornetwork.com/pulse/1-of-american-students-study-abroad/#comment-71490 TimR Sun, 27 Mar 2011 00:24:49 +0000 http://matadorpulse.com/?p=653#comment-71490 As a couple have mentioned, transferability of credits can be a major issue, making foreign study potentially very risky. I had to get individual professors involved in order to get mine approved (before I went). Universities, I'm sure, hate to lose the tuition revenue, and therefore don't really have an incentive to make it easier. As a couple have mentioned, transferability of credits can be a major issue, making foreign study potentially very risky. I had to get individual professors involved in order to get mine approved (before I went). Universities, I’m sure, hate to lose the tuition revenue, and therefore don’t really have an incentive to make it easier.

]]> By: Brian http://matadornetwork.com/pulse/1-of-american-students-study-abroad/#comment-69861 Brian Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:29:08 +0000 http://matadorpulse.com/?p=653#comment-69861 "Irregardless" isn't a word. I think you're looking for "Regardless". “Irregardless” isn’t a word. I think you’re looking for “Regardless”.

]]> By: Jeanne @soultavelers3 http://matadornetwork.com/pulse/1-of-american-students-study-abroad/#comment-69860 Jeanne @soultavelers3 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 03:40:01 +0000 http://matadorpulse.com/?p=653#comment-69860 I agree that finances and major problems with secondary education ( not to mention ALL education in the US) plays into this. Most would be better off going on their own. A university system that leaves graduates deep in debt in their 20's as they begin life is totally ridiculous and shameful. It MUST change and will. Forget the system, take charge, think differently and get your OWN education abroad whether you are 5 or 55 or ANY age. We've been doing that and as monolinguals raising a trilingual/triliterate child ( Mandarin/Spanish/English), experiencing the world deeply ( 39 countries on 5 continents on 23 dollars a day per person) http://www.soultravelers3.com/ The gov't is doing too little too late. One starts preparing a child to be a global citizen of the 21st during inutero ( when one begins to learn languages easiest) and the early years. I agree that finances and major problems with secondary education ( not to mention ALL education in the US) plays into this. Most would be better off going on their own.

A university system that leaves graduates deep in debt in their 20′s as they begin life is totally ridiculous and shameful. It MUST change and will.

Forget the system, take charge, think differently and get your OWN education abroad whether you are 5 or 55 or ANY age.

We’ve been doing that and as monolinguals raising a trilingual/triliterate child ( Mandarin/Spanish/English), experiencing the world deeply ( 39 countries on 5 continents on 23 dollars a day per person)

http://www.soultravelers3.com/

The gov’t is doing too little too late. One starts preparing a child to be a global citizen of the 21st during inutero ( when one begins to learn languages easiest) and the early years.

]]> By: cheechridge http://matadornetwork.com/pulse/1-of-american-students-study-abroad/#comment-71350 cheechridge Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:21:04 +0000 http://matadorpulse.com/?p=653#comment-71350 I am a sophomore, who had every intention on studying abroad for a full year (spending a semester in Australia followed by a semester in Galway, Ireland) Unfortunately, being a nursing major makes it near impossible to do so. If anyone is aware of a Summer program that offers Microbiology for nurses, please let me know, it is a course that I must take over the summer, I have yet to find a program abroad that fits this criteria. if not I will have to take it in the states. Pertaining to this article, I don't think a lot of college students are aware of how the available the opportunity is and how great of an experience it could be! I am a sophomore, who had every intention on studying abroad for a full year (spending a semester in Australia followed by a semester in Galway, Ireland) Unfortunately, being a nursing major makes it near impossible to do so.
If anyone is aware of a Summer program that offers Microbiology for nurses, please let me know, it is a course that I must take over the summer, I have yet to find a program abroad that fits this criteria. if not I will have to take it in the states.

Pertaining to this article, I don’t think a lot of college students are aware of how the available the opportunity is and how great of an experience it could be!

]]> By: Katharine http://matadornetwork.com/pulse/1-of-american-students-study-abroad/#comment-71381 Katharine Mon, 17 Jan 2011 03:27:40 +0000 http://matadorpulse.com/?p=653#comment-71381 In addition, the options for study abroad in my discipline are almost zero. In addition, the options for study abroad in my discipline are almost zero.

]]> By: Katharine http://matadornetwork.com/pulse/1-of-american-students-study-abroad/#comment-71289 Katharine Mon, 17 Jan 2011 03:25:53 +0000 http://matadorpulse.com/?p=653#comment-71289 I would LOVE to be able to study abroad, but even as my parents' salaries, combined, place the family in the top 5% of income in the nation, I cannot afford to study abroad. The costs are still far too prohibitive. THAT is why I, at least, can't study abroad. I would LOVE to be able to study abroad, but even as my parents’ salaries, combined, place the family in the top 5% of income in the nation, I cannot afford to study abroad. The costs are still far too prohibitive.

THAT is why I, at least, can’t study abroad.

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