2008-09 Ping Fellows
CIEE is pleased to announce that it is awarding two $20,000 Ping Foundation Doctoral Fellowships for the 2008-09 year. The Fellows and their dissertation projects are:
Chelsea BaileyShea, Warner School of Education, University of Rochester.
Prospectus title: "Factors that Affect American Students' Participation in Study Abroad."
Brief project description (from the Prospectus): "Participation in study abroad has been found to produce positive outcomes such as improved language skills, enhanced job possibilities, and increased minority retention and graduation rates. Yet with all of the benefits, less is known about how students choose to study abroad. This study will offer insight into the variables that impact students' decision to study abroad, and provide colleges and universities with information to examine and parse out the significant factors that influence students' decision to go abroad or not. The goal of this project is to offer colleges and universities practical and applicable information about what factors affect student participation in this educational opportunity, so that they may apply this to evaluating their institutional programs, policies, and recruiting techniques."
Jinous Kasravi, College of Educational Policy and Administration, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.
Prospectus title: "Factors Influencing the Decision to Study Abroad for Students of Color: Moving Beyond the Barriers."
Brief project description (from the Prospectus): “Overwhelming amounts of empirical and anecdotal literature have identified the barriers [that dissuade] students of color from studying abroad... Few studies have attempted to move beyond the barriers, and examine students of color that have recently decided to participate in a study abroad program and explore the factors that influenced their decision... The purpose of this study is to move beyond the barriers and outcomes of study abroad, and focus on those students of color that have made the decision to participate and the factors that influenced their decision... Three factors that affect students' decisions to study abroad will be explored: personal, social, and institutional.”