Abstract

MATHEW, Clausen  and  WELCH, Jill Diane. MOVING THE NEEDLE: LEVERAGING INNOVATION FOR INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN STUDY ABROAD. Universidad y Sociedad [online]. 2017, vol.9, n.2, pp. 95-100. ISSN 2218-3620.

The Association of International Educators commissioned a study to evaluate the impact of certain institutional grant programs on the support, reach, and sustainability of study abroad at higher education institutions. These grants, termed "Innovation Grants," are designed to help institutions of higher education address the institutional, curricular, and cultural barriers that are keeping students from studying abroad. The analysis found that these Innovation Grants can lead to sustainable increases in study abroad by providing institutions with incentives to develop the structures and programs necessary for long-term investment and support for study abroad. Institutions that were awarded Innovation Grants reported an increase in the number and diversity of students studying abroad, greater support for study abroad activities from campus leadership, and new and strengthened relationships across campus. The report found that these benefits occurred in three distinct phases grant development, grant funding, and, importantly, post funding, where the impact of the grants proved to be lasting and sustainable.

Keywords : Programs on the support; study abroad; innovation grants.

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