Study Abroad in a New Global Century: Renewing the Promise, Refining the Purpose -- Copyright -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- History and Purposes -- Types of Programs and Providers -- Who Studies Abroad and Who Does Not -- Outcomes -- Critical Perspectives -- Conclusions, Final Thoughts, and Recommendations -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Monograph Purpose -- Conceptual Framework -- Sources -- Audience -- Author Experiences with Study Abroad -- Definitions: Study Abroad-What It Is and What It Is Not -- Globalization, Internationalization, and Study Abroad -- History and Purposes of Study Abroad -- Beginnings -- Post-World War II -- Study Abroad Post-Vietnam -- Organizational Advocacy for Study Abroad in a Post-9/11 World -- Societal and Institutional Purposes of Study Abroad in the Twenty-First Century -- Summary -- Types of Programs and Providers -- Descriptive, Single-Component Schemes -- Multiple-Criterion Classification Schemes -- Who Provides Study Abroad -- Summary -- Who Studies Abroad and Who Does Not -- Who Studies Abroad -- Gender -- Racial/Ethnic Minorities -- Majors -- Community College Students -- Preferred Destinations -- Factors Affecting Intent to Study Abroad and Participation Rates -- Socioeconomic Status -- Lack of Information -- Involvement -- Attitudes -- Motivations -- Factors Affecting Men's and Women's Participation -- Major -- Reasons for Lower Male Participation -- Factors Affecting Study Abroad Participation for Racial and Ethnic Minorities -- Individual and Human Capital -- Financial -- Perceptions of Who Should Study Abroad -- Lack of Role Models -- Institutional Barriers -- Major and Program Fit -- Heritage Seeking -- Family Support -- Fears of Discrimination -- Effects of Degree Aspirations and Field of Study on Study Abroad Participation -- Degree Aspirations -- Business Majors -- STEM.

Community College Students -- Summary -- Study Abroad Outcomes -- Intercultural Competence and Global Perspectives -- Intercultural Competence -- Study Abroad and Intercultural Competence -- Intercultural Competence Outcomes of Study Abroad -- Other Educational and Developmental Outcomes -- Identity -- Intellectual/Cognitive Development -- General Academic Outcomes -- Grades -- Graduation Rates -- Language Proficiency -- Disciplinary Knowledge -- General Learning Outcomes -- Effects of Program Duration -- Career and Other Long-Term Effects -- Methodological Weaknesses of Study Abroad Outcomes Literature -- Summary -- Study Abroad: Critical Perspectives -- Critiques of the Unstated Purposes of Study Abroad -- Critical Studies of the Study Abroad Experience -- Summary -- Conclusions, Final Thoughts, and Recommendations -- Who Participates, Who Does Not, Why, and What to Do About It? -- Outcomes: The Good, the Bad, and the Indifferent -- Meeting the Challenge -- Final Thoughts -- Notes -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index -- About the Authors -- About the ASHE Higher Education Report Series -- Call for Proposals -- Recent Titles.