U. S. Government Factors Influencing an Expansion of Study Abroad in the Middle East/North Africa

Autor/in	Lane-Toomey, Cara
Titel	U. S. Government Factors Influencing an Expansion of Study Abroad in the Middle East/North Africa
Quelle	In: Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 24 (2014), S.121-140 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1085-4568
Schlagwörter	Study Abroad; Cultural Awareness; Foreign Policy; National Security; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Federal Aid; Government Role; Uncommonly Taught Languages; Foreign Countries; Government Employees; Educational History; Area Studies; Educational Finance; Federal Legislation; Undergraduate Students; Scholarships; Online Surveys; Student Attitudes; Correlation; Focus Groups; Egypt; Jordan; Morocco + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Außenpolitik; National territory; Security; Staatsgebiet; Sicherheit; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Minderheitensprache; Ausland; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Landeskunde; Bildungsfonds; Bundesrecht; Scholarship; Stipendium; Schülerverhalten; Korrelation; Ägypten; Marokko
Abstract	As the United States continued to grow as a world power throughout the later part of the twentieth century, government funding for international education grew more closely connected to its national security needs. Federal funds have contributed to the growth of Area Studies and studying Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs). Within the last ten years the U.S. study abroad population selecting the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has grown by over 500% from 2000/01 to 2008/09. This remarkable growth is occurring at the same time as national security and foreign policy goals of the United States have become increasingly focused on the MENA region. Many scholars have marked events of September 11, 2001 as a critical point in U.S. history in regards to the explosion of general academic concern about the MENA region and the need for governmental personnel who are well trained in critical languages and Middle East Studies. This study therefore examines several concepts drawn from a survey of U.S. study abroad students in the MENA region and in destinations in Western Europe and Australia conducted during the fall of 2010. Employing a historical review, this research described how government has played a role in the expansion of study abroad in this area of the world by increasing the amount of area and language education available at U.S. institutions. In addition, this review has demonstrated ways in which the U.S. government has provided funds for students to study abroad in regions of the world which relate to current national security needs; areas which often are outside of the common destinations in Western Europe and Australia. (The study contains a bibliography.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01