Racism and Racialized Experiences as a Part of Students’ Attitudes Toward Study Abroad

• In Event: Saturday Roundtable Session 9:45 am
  In Roundtable Session: Learning at the Margins: An Intersectional Exploration of the Higher Education Experiences of Students of Color (Table 15)

Abstract

Students of Color are underrepresented in study abroad programs, which creates an opportunity gap given the widely cited benefits of study abroad participation. While some studies have suggested the influence of racism and racialized experience on their decisions not to study abroad, existing comparative studies have not focused specifically on racialized experiences and racism as part of understanding students’ intentions to study abroad. Using critical race theory as an analytical framework, this study took a widely used framework for modeling student intention to study abroad, the Theory of Planned Behavior, and focused on racism and racialized experience to examine similarities and differences in how Students of Color and White students perceive study abroad.

Author

• Ming Lei, Knox College