Engineering Study Abroad Programs: Formats, Challenges, Best Practices
Alan Parkinson
Abstract
This paper is a report of a survey of engineering study abroad programs made in order to understand a number of questions, such as: 1) what types of programs are in existence, i.e., what is the state-of-the-art relative to engineering study abroad, 2) what are the challenges associated with these programs, and 3) what constitutes a set of best practices regarding these programs?
Topics & Concepts
Context (archaeology)Work (physics)Best practicePoint (geometry)Order (exchange)EngineeringEngineering educationManagementEngineering managementComputer scienceOperations researchEngineering ethicsPolitical scienceBusinessLawMechanical engineeringMathematicsHistoryEconomicsArchaeologyGeometryFinanceEngineering Education and Curriculum DevelopmentHigher Education Learning PracticesHigher Education and Employability