The contribution of "study abroad" programs to Japanese internationalization

Journal of Studies in International Education

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 174-188

  Asaoka, Takako ^a   Yano, Jun ^b  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Internationalization of Japanese universities; Japanese university students; Promotion of study abroad; Study abroad

Indexed keywords

EID: 65549153588     PISSN: 10283153     EISSN: 15527808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1028315308330848     Document Type: Article

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