| | One of the consequences of economic globalization has been the internationalization of US higher education institutions and universities. International studies, study abroad programs, international cultural exchanges have become a 'must' on most American campuses. In the last decade, a number of major US educational organizations have asked that 'provisions should be made to ensure that at least 10 percent of all students who receive baccalaureate degrees in this country will have had a 'significant educational experience abroad during their undergraduate years' (see Michael R. Laubscher, Encounters with Difference: Student Perceptions of the Role of Out-of-Class Experiences in Education Abroad (Westport, Ct: Greenwood Press, 1994)). |
