This presentation was presented at SIT Graduate Institute as the final piece of a Master\'s degree in International Education.

1. Reasons for and against participation Amy Dooley Bello (pim 68) PIM Capstone seminar Thursday, june 2, 2011 LATINO/A STUDENTS IN STUDY ABROAD

2. Agenda Introduction Literature Review Research Design Data Presentation & Analysis Conclusions & Discussion Q & A

3. Introduction

4. Staff Quotation The goal is for minority students going abroad to no longer be the exception, rather “just part of what we do here.” (Cecil Youngblood, Director of Intercultural Affairs)

5. Staff Quotation “The majority of them are interested and the majority of them are also fearful that they will not have the funding, waste time and money in terms of being away, and have a certain discomfort with going overseas or abroad.” (Aurora Chang, Director of McNair Scholars Program)

6. Staff Quotation “There is nothing that is more of a challenge than making this kind of education affordable to all who want it.” (Bill Flanagan, Dean of Students)

7. Beloit College Enrollment 72% Caucasian, 10% International, 7.2% Hispanic, 3% African-American, 1.6% Asian-American, 4.1% Bi/Multiracial, 2% Unknown (Beloit College Student Profile 2010-2011, Admissions)

8. Study Abroad Participants 82% Caucasian, 2% International, 5% Hispanic, 2% African-American, 2% Asian-American, 1% Other Minority, 6% Unknown (Annual Report 2009-2010, Office of International Education)

9. Research Question Why do Latino/a students either choose or not choose to study abroad and how can we better support these students throughout this process?

10. Subtopics Barriers to higher education Social identity issues Minority students in study abroad

11. Literature Review

12. Teachers Perceptions of Latino students’ abilities Incorrectly assigning students to remedial programs 4% of teachers in K-12 and higher education are Latino/a (Martinez et al., 2006)

13. Family Traditionally, females live at home until marriage Desire to please one’s parents Many Latinos attend community colleges (Fry, 2002)

14. Minority Student Participation (Salisbury et al., 2009)

15. Study Abroad Concerns Financial constraints Lack of awareness Perception of study abroad as not important Familial and social constraints Fear of racism abroad (Salisbury et al., 2009)

16. Concerns for Latinos Importance of family Family’s financial situation Importance of destination Graduation dates (McClure et al., 2010)

17. Efforts to increase participation (Scholarships not based on ethnic diversity) Boren

18. Research Design

19. Case Study: Beloit College 1,337 men and women 123 full-time faculty 11 students per faculty 50% of students study off-campus (Beloit College Student Profile 2010-2011, Admissions)

21. education/family background

23. Data Presentation & Analysis

24. Survey Demographics

25. Major

26. Study Abroad Interest

27. Interview Question #13 What value do you see in study abroad? “I think definitely if you have the chance to get out of the country, you should do it however I am not doing it because I am so connected to the campus, the big financial aspect, and because of my family.”

28. Origin

29. Interview Question #19 How do your family and/or friends feel about your choice to study abroad? “My mom was really happy. My dad however, the day before I left, he yelled at me for going so far away from home. He said that’s not what we are supposed to do.”

30. Destination

31. Interview Question #18 How did you choose the location for your study abroad? “I was looking at programs in Brazil and Costa Rica and my dad asked why the hell I would want to go to Costa Rica since I had already been there.”

32. Reasons to study abroad

33. Reasons not to study abroad

34. Interview Question #16 Are you satisfied with your choice to study abroad or not study abroad? “Sometimes you have to do things that don’t make you happy, a lot of Latino students don’t because legally, financially they can’t. So I’m happy about having the option of going abroad.”

35. Family Income

36. Interview Question #14 How would you support the cost of study abroad? “I have no idea. I have spoken with a few friends who have said that the amount that Beloit gives to help them go study abroad isn’t enough.”

37. Global Perspective If students gain a global perspective, they are better able to “approach the complex problems of the world ethically and thoughtfully” (Board of Trustees, 2005). (Beloit College & Office of International Education Mission)

38. Survey Responses

39. How? (1, 2 & 3) “While taking language courses, there was a strong emphasis on countries outside of our own…” “Being in a different country and meeting people from many nationalities is different from talking with the exchange students at Beloit…” “In the States, it is easy to identify as Latina, but abroad I was categorized as American…”

40. Discussion

42. Program fit with academic plan

45. Further Research Specific ethnic groups or generational groups Participation rates at different institutions Biracial student participation vs. non-biracial Social identity impact on study abroad experience

46. Scenarios Student A Student B Student C

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50. Fry, R. (2002). Latinos in higher education: Many enroll, too few graduate.Pew Hispanic Center Report. Pew Charitable Trusts, Washington, D.C.

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52. Hembroff, L. A., & Rusz, D. L. (1993). Minorities and overseas study programs: Correlates of differential participation. Occasional Papers on International Educational Exchange, 1-90. Retrieved from http://eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED368283.pdf

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54. Kuh, G. D., Arnold, J. C., & Vesper, N. (1991). The influence of student effort, college environments, and campus culture on undergraduate student learning and personal development (Conference Paper. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN: Center for Postsecondary Research and Planning. Retrieved from ERIC database.

55. Q & A THANK YOU! Amy Dooley Bello Master of Arts Candidate International Education SIT Graduate Institute PIM 68 – May 2011 amy.dooley.bello@gmail.com