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Campus Connections
August 2009
A globalized economy makes business and employment spill across national boundaries, so an education abroad is likely to make a young person better prepared for the world’s future. Almost double the numbers of students travel abroad for an education today as compared with 20 years ago. Campus Connections examines the international study experience and its influence on individual growth.
Cover: Specially designed by Teshkeel Media for eJournal USA, our cover features three characters from the comic book series THE 99. The creator of THE 99, Naif Al-Mutawa, is interviewed in the article “Superheroes Arise from a Life in Two Nations.”
Vikram Murthy The Indian father of a student in the American University discussion reflects on the decision to send his daughter to the United States for her education.
Najwa Nasr A Lebanese linguistics professor explains how an exchange program to the United States led her to life-changing discoveries about earlier generations of Arab immigrants.
Romain Vezirian A French exchange student of Armenian heritage recalls how he overcame a legacy of prejudice during a semester spent on a university campus in Oklahoma.
An Interview With Naif Al-Mutawa A Kuwaiti psychologist’s binational upbringing has led him to spread a message of diversity and understanding through the graphic novel series THE 99.
Meghan Loftus A former American exchange student describes a semester in Spain when she learned about herself and what she shares with young people of other cultures.
Siyabulela Xuza A South African student reveals how a science experiment in his mother’s kitchen helped pave the way to Harvard University in the United States.
Allan Goodman, President and CEO, Institute of International Education Record numbers of U.S. and international students are leaving their home countries to study abroad.