Developing an evidence-based faculty-led study abroad business course

Figures & data

Table 1. Industry suggestions for improving international business content. Source: Daniel et al. (2014).

	Importance of improvement
Suggested International Education	None	Some	Great
More emphasis on exchange programs	17%	49%	35%
Mandatory foreign language training	14%	39%	48%
More emphasis on learning about other world areas	10%	39%	50%
Stronger international emphasis in business curricula	14%	45%	41%
Improved academic outreach to businesses	14%	42%	44%
Creation of databanks/clearinghouses on international resources	17%	42%	40%

Table 2. Faculty-led study abroad proposal guidelines.

University	Number of pages analyzed	Web pages analyzed	References
Bowling Green State University	50	3	0
California Polytechnic University - Polomoa	1	5	0
Case Western Reserve	1	2	0
Florida Tech University	6	3	0
Illinois State University	6	4	0
Michigan State University	3	3	0
Montana State University	33	3	0
Ohio State University	25	3	0
Pennsylvania State University	1	3	0
Texas Tech University	20	4	0
Truman State University	112	5	49*
University of Alabama	31	3	0
University of Arkansas	12	4	0
University of Central Florida	7	2	0
University of Maryland	2	4	4*
University of Memphis	1	4	0
University o New Hampshire	7	4	0
University of New Mexico	3	6	0
Valapraiso University	11	2	0
Total	332	67	54*

* The references/footnotes are not academic studies, they are internal links to university pages or to exernal sites like the U.S. Department of State travel advisory web site.

Table 3. Literature on developing faculty-led study abroad courses.

Study abroad best practice/hallmark studies	Author(s)/year	Summary
Overarching concepts
Faculty role	Goode, 2007	Explains the faculty’s role as the study abroad leader
	Neiehaus et al., 2018	Faculty mentoring for sutdy abroad
	Medora, et al, 2022	Strategies for success in lleading and teaching a study abroad course
High Impact Educational Practices	Schwartz & Miller (2020, p. 17)	Study Abroad is one of 11 high impact educational practices
History of Study Abroad	Hoffa (2007)	History of study abroad
AACSB & Study Abroad	AACSB, 2023	Includes the 9 guiding principles for business school accrediation including demonstration of a "global mindset."
Cost and Location	Bandyopadhyay, S., & Bandyopadhyay, 2015	Factors Influencing Study Participation in Study Abroad
	Eder, J., Smith, W., & Pitts, R. 2010	Destination Choices and factors in consideration
	Naffziger et al., 2008	The main factors that students consider when studying abroad
	Ramakrishnaa et al, 2016	The importance of cost, location, and subject matter to students
Budget Management	O’Rourke & Iammarino, 2010	Budgetary issues in developing study abroad programming
	Whatley, 2017	Financial factors in study abroad and student decision making
Subject Matter	Costello, 2019	Students narratives on topics studied
-->Defining Content	Duke, 2000	Activities and Assessments in Study Abroad
	Niehaus et al., 2019	Faculty goals for short term study abroad
	Kitsantas, 2004	Student Goals in shaping program development and generating cross-cultural growth
-->Assessment and Assignments	Anderson, et al, 2016	How to use debriefing sessions in study abroad
	Deardorff, 2004	Broad overview article of assessing outcomes in international education
	Deardorff et al., 2015	An explanation of outcomes for international education with examples
	Goldstein, 2022	Writing outcomes for faculty led study abroad courses
	Jackson, 2005	Assessing intercultural learning through introspection
	Neihaus & Wegener, 2019	Examples of learning outcomes facult should emphasize in study abroad
	Vande et al, 2012	Using the Intercultural Development Inventory to measure intercultural competence
-->Class Activities	Costello, 2019	Students stories on learning
	Duke, 2000	Learning activiies comparison and sythesis
Student Preparation	Hofer et al, 2016	Student premeeting and expectation setting
-->Course Rules	Overby, 2020	Setting alcohol-related expectations in study abroad
Marketing the Course	McCarthy, 1964	The hallmark study on the 4P’s of Marketing
	Schultz et al., 2007	The hallmark study on Integrated Marketing Communications
Course Design	Doerr, 2022	Strategies for creating content designed for short term study abroad courses

Table 4. Appropriateness of study abroad activities (Duke, 2000).

Criteria	Lecture and Tests	Company Visits	Journals	Treasure Hunt	Projects	Simulation
Location	Better for a single location, requires tables or meeting space	May be better with multilocation due to more variety	Useful in all locations	May be better with multilocation due to cross-cultural comparisons	May be better with single location due to stability and effort needed	May be better with single location if technology needs to be stable
Tour Integration with academic creditt	Better for conventional credit course	Good with all; better with less structured courses	Versatile for use with all level courses	Versatile for use with all levels of courses	Versatile for use with all levels of courses	Versatile for use with all levels of courses
Time spend on tour	Longer tours provide time to study and test	Longer tours provide more time; shorter tours may use these as the entire focus	Useful with all lengths of tours	May be better with longer tours due to time needed for specific search	Must maatch product size with resources and time available	Longer tours permit more iterations

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