SELECT ONLINE RESOURCES:
STUDY ABROAD—BENEFITS, ADJUSTMENTS BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER, etc.

Preparation and dealing with Culture Shock

http://www.worldlearning.org/SSA_Other_documents/parent_reentry_handbook.pdf

http://www.studentsabroad.com/cultureshock.html

http://www.ciee.org/hsabroad/alumni/reverse-culture-shock.html

http://www.marist.edu/academics/italy/pdfs/cultureshock.pdf (discusses reverse culture shock also)

http://www.studyabroad.com/guides/handbook/handbook4.html

https://studioabroad.newpaltz.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Abroad.ViewLink&Parent_ID=0&Link_ID=F4F12DF5-DF96-A4D3-7EB64CC75DBD5B86

Benefits

http://www.iiepassport.org/pages/sitecontent/parent_benefit.aspx

http://www.sit.edu/studyabroad/1050.htm (your own)

http://www.stateuniversity.com/blog/permalink/Five-Benefits-of-Studying-Abroad.html

http://www.studyabroadprograms.com/

http://www.transitionsabroad.com/publications/magazine/0403/benefits_study_abroad.shtml

http://www.nafsa.org/public_policy.sec/study_abroad_2/benefits_of_study_abroad/

(national perspectives)

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_8049/is_20071115/ai_n46396118/ (national perspectives)

General Questions Debates

“The Moral Ambiguity of Study Abroad (blogs on the original Chronicle of Higher Ed essay)”
https://bfredricks.blog.asu.edu/2006/10/07/the-moral-ambiguity-of-study-abroad/?triedWebauth=1

blogs/reviews of Transformations at the Edge of the World http://www.wanderingeducators.com/books-film/books/book-review-transformations-edge-world.html

Interesting and yet Useful Article/Information on Malaria
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111704575354911834340450.html?mod=WSJ_newsreel_lifeStyle

Dealing with Mosquitos

Africa Diaspora/Identity: Select Online Resources