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Short-term study abroad courses often claim to provide a unique experience for students, but it is not clear how the value translates into a dollar amount.
Results indicate a significant difference between student willingness to study abroad short-term versus long-term.
The results showed the majority of surveyed Chinese medical students with intents of participating in study abroad, but they noted financial costs and language issues to be two barriers and maximum benefit in such a program.
Results of the study offer support for the value of study abroad in improving student perceptions of the learning experience.
A future research agenda is needed about ways to help off-set the costs in order to make study abroad more affordable and equitable. Practical implicationsThe practical implications of this paper are that it provides an instructive lens for how to integrate social and emotional learning within a study abroad experience.
Results suggest that it is the combination of location (abroad) and academic focus that yields the greatest increases in specified learning outcomes for study abroad.
The findings show that although supply related conditions in home country influence the decision to study abroad, the most important factors are those related to the conditions abroad.
The survey also includes questions to assess students' financial conditions, interest in study abroad, parents' influence on study abroad, international experience, international program awareness, and willingness to pay for study abroad. Findings – reported here reveal that students consider various factors in their decision to participate in such a program, including not only the cost of the program, but also the academic and cultural components and the popularity of the professor.