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Study Abroad as Self-Authorship: Globalization and Reconceptualizing College and Career Readiness

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Reflecting on current trends impacting higher education today, it is undeniable that pressure exists on institutions of higher education to fulfill the demands and expectations of students to acquire global competencies through curricular and co-curricular global experiences (Hovland 2009). According to the Center for Internationalization and Global Engagement (Center for Internationalization and Global Engagement 2012), one of the fundamental duties of US higher education is to prepare students “to live and work in a society that increasingly operates across international borders” (p. 5).

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  1. Higher Education/Community College Leadership, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA

    Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher

  2. Higher Education and Student Affairs, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, USA

    Raul A. Leon

  3. Education Policy, Organization and Leadership, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA

    John Lang

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Zamani-Gallaher, E.M., Leon, R.A., Lang, J. (2016). Study Abroad as Self-Authorship: Globalization and Reconceptualizing College and Career Readiness. In: Raby, R., Valeau, E. (eds) International Education at Community Colleges. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53336-4_8

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