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The Cosmopolitan ‘Bildung’ of Erasmus Students’ Going Abroad

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Critical Perspectives on International Education

Part of the book series: Comparative and International Education ((CIEDV,volume 15))

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In 1987, the European Commission instituted an interuniversity exchange program, Erasmus, which was later integrated into a more ample instrument called Socrates. Among its proposed goals, we consider here the reinforcement of European mobility among students. A million and a half of young people (of whom 240,000 French) have participated in exchanges since its creation.

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Cicchelli, V. (2013). The Cosmopolitan ‘Bildung’ of Erasmus Students’ Going Abroad. In: Hébert, Y., Abdi, A.A. (eds) Critical Perspectives on International Education. Comparative and International Education, vol 15. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-906-0_14

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