Why consider studying abroad?
There are many reasons to consider going outside the U.S. in order to achieve the objectives of breadth and depth in higher education. Among these experiences, foreign travel allows you to be more confident in yourself, to mature, and to become more independent. Courses at international universities may be more challenging than ones locally, and the teachers and classmates may be totally awesome. Learning in unconventional teaching environments tests your adaptive capacity to be less ethnocentric, to accept people who look and sound different. Studying abroad is also an ideal opportunity to show our American patriotism, since students travel as informal ambassadors to a foreign country, giving the best of themselves and representing the U.S. to others in the new location. In addition, when students come back home, they often revisit American values in a more objective manner and can see how global awareness affects local communities. Life-long friendships develop which nurture future i
