A Report on Germany as a Study Abroad Destination for U.S. Students in STEM Disciplines
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https://doi.org/10.36366/frontiers.v19i1.281Keywords:
Germany, Study abroad patterns, Study abroad, Education abroad, STEM fields, US students to GermanyAbstract
This paper is an attempt to map patterns of study abroad in Germany by American students in the Scientific, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields and to learn what, if anything, Germany is doing to attract these students to its universities and research institutions. The history of American students studying in Europe, from colonial times to the present day, is studied and details on Germany’s place in this academic activity during this history is examined. Also, the academic trends in the STEM fields in both the United States and German higher education systems is reviewed in order to better understand the international educational opportunities for American students to study these disciplines abroad in Germany.
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Gallup-Black, Adria “International Student Mobility in Europe: What a Difference Two Years Makes,” IIENetworker (Spring, 2005), 21–24.
Garraty, John A., Walter Adams, and Cyril J.H. Taylor. The New Guide to Study Abroad (New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1969).
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Johnston, Otto W. “Junior Year in Germany: Educational Experience or Profit Generator?” Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 11 no. 2, (Autumn, 1978), 103.
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Schwaneger, Henry “The Junior Year Abroad: Then, Now, and?” Di Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 3 no. 1 (Spring, 1970), 154–159.
Tauch, Christian. “Changes and Challenges in German Higher Education” InternationalEducator, 7 no. 4, (Fall, 1998), 36–40.
The University of Chicago-DAAD, Deutcher Akademischer Austausch Dienst origina lacademic exchange agreement document, 1953.
Walker, William “Study Abroad and the Professional Programs: A Status Report on Germany, Switzerland, and Austria,” Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 26 no. 2, (Autumn, 1993), 200–201.
Walton, Whitney “Internationalism and the Junior Year Abroad: American Students in France in the 1920s and 1930s.” Diplomatic History, 29 no. 2, (April, 2005), 255–278
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2010-11-15
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Comp, D. (2010). A Report on Germany as a Study Abroad Destination for U.S. Students in STEM Disciplines. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 19(1), 191–203. https://doi.org/10.36366/frontiers.v19i1.281
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