Studies

• Curriculum-based Study Abroad: Impact and Outcomes
  This study examines the impact of short-term (4 week to 1 semester), curriculum-based study abroad. Working with students who have returned to the United States after studying abroad on FIPSE-supported projects in Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and Europe, the project seeks to articulate the short and long-term impact that these programs have had on students’ academic and professional development.
• Outbound Alumni Survey Project
  The Outbound Alumni Survey Project surveyed 701 U. S. alumni of the ACTR overseas Russian language programs in 2000. The primary purpose of the study was to gain a perspective on the long-term impact of the exchange experience on both personal and career development. The Outbound Alumni Survey was designed to allow analysis of five broad areas of interest: 1) language study, 2) language learning and ability, 3) exchange experience, 4) language maintenance, and the 5) career impact of language study. The Outbound Alumni Survey Project is a first both in terms of scope and size, involving, as it does, alumni who studied abroad between 1976 and 1999. We anticipate that the research findings, which are available on this website, will contribute to informed policy formation regarding the funding of academic exchanges and overseas study.