Difficult and Expensive

Difficult and Expensive

In spite of these benefits, face-to-face exchange is a difficult and expensive form of educational experience, one more often available to students from rich nations, and one that requires even these students to have the means and flexibility to live far away from home for an extended period of time. According to Lipinski (2014), “Over 90 percent of US universities sponsor study abroad programs,” which encourage students “to enhance their educational experience and increase their global awareness in our interconnected world.” Yet he notes that “only 1% of US students pursue a study abroad experience each academic year” (p. 102).