Recent studies have shown that international experiences may improve cognitive abilities associated with creativity, reports The Atlantic. Psychologists and neuroscientists have recently begun to study the mental effects of studying in a foreign environment, exploring what “people may have already learned anecdotally.”
Al-Nasir Bellah Al-Nasiry is an Iraqi doctor with a violent past, who chose to advocate for peace instead of retaliating in war, reports The Christian Science Monitor.
According to a recent study conducted by i-graduate, international students are generally satisfied with their study abroad experiences, reports Voice of America.
Morgan State University is a historically black college (HBCU) in Baltimore that works to provide its American students with international exposure through engagement with international students, reports The Chronicle of Higher Education.
In an opinion article for The New York Times, Molly Lister, a producer at CNN, strongly suggests students to take a gap year abroad before beginning college. Throughout her year own gap year, she ventured into Costa Rica, Ecuador, India, Ethiopia, Ghana, and Uganda.
China is focusing on recruiting regional inbound students from neighboring countries, like India and Pakistan, offsetting stagnating numbers of inbound students from “traditional” countries, The Pie News reports. Meanwhile, levels of Chinese students studying abroad are on the rise following a slowdown in 2013.