At last week's Forum on Education Abroad meeting, Michael Woolf , President of the Foundation for International Education made a controversial presentation called 'Study Abroad Changed My Life, and Other Problems'. In it, he argued that the study abroad industry is founded on a myth that should be critically assessed.
He makes some strong assertions - and anyone interested should read this summary and wrestle with them for a while.
In short, he calls for more careful assessment of study abroad outcomes, and more work to embed international experience in the curriculum.
