In this book, Professors Goodwin and Nacht present the only examination to date on the burgeoning American interest in overseas study. Attempting to lead the reader into and through this broad field, the authors investigate the numerous foreign study policies and programs. In addition to describing many of the innovative programs across the country, they explain why students go abroad, how they go, and the ways in which they benefit from this experience.

For many faculty the desire and need to go abroad is inherent in the nature of their discipline. For others the thought of going abroad for scholarly purposes is completely alien. This book, which was sponsored by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars, looks in depth at the international experience of American faculty. Goodwin and Nacht examine the type of faculty who go abroad and their reasons for doing so, the incentives and the disincentives for faculty travel abroad, the attitudes prevalent on US campuses toward such activities, the special obstacles and risks faced by...