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2009 Best Paper Award on Study Abroad Programming
Congratulations to Kristine Lalley, Jo Olson, and Brant Hawk, the recipients of the 2009 Best Paper Award from ASEE's International Division for their paper "Evaluating a Short-Term, First-Year Study Abroad Program for Engineering and Business Undergraduates: The Impact on the Student Learning Experience"
Josephine E. Olson is Professor of Business Administration and Director of the International Business Center (IBC). Kristine Lalley is the Director of International Engineering Initiatives at the Swanson School of Engineering. Brant Hawk is the IBC Marketing Research and Evaluation Intern and a student at the College of Business Administration.
Abstract: "Evaluating a short-term, first-year study abroad program for engineering and business undergraduates: The impact on the student learning experience"
"This paper presents findings from a study of engineering and business students at a large public research university, who during their first year of studies had participated in a short term study abroad program in 2005 or 2006. The intent of the study is twofold: 1) to determine if the program is meeting its goals of influencing participants to pursue additional study abroad opportunities later in their college career, inspiring students to further study foreign language and culture, and encouraging students to become involved in additional international activities; and 2) to assess learning outcomes of the participants two to three years after the time of participation in the short term education abroad program.
Quantitative and qualitative data were collected in the study, and are presented in this paper. The researchers provide an analysis of both the quantitative and qualitative data, and discuss implications of the results."
Funding for the evaluation study was provided by the International Business Center. The IBC is particularly happy that the evaluation of the Plus3 programs, which was conducted as part of the IBC evaluation initiatives of its programs, has resulted in this paper.
