Women twice as likely to study abroad
Female college students are almost twice as likely than male students to study abroad because the are influenced differently by their backgrounds, academic environments and social interactions, a study by University of Iowa researchers found. The researchers surveyed 2,800 students at 19 two- and four-year U.S. colleges participating in the Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education. The survey results were presented at the annual conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education in Vancouver.
The students were surveyed after entering college as freshmen in the fall of 2006 and were asked about their intent to study abroad when surveyed again in the spring of 2007. “While intent to study abroad among women seems to be affected by influential authority figures and educational contexts, intent to study abroad among men seems to be primarily shaped by emerging personal values, experiences, and peer influence,” the authors wrote.
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