Here are the answers from this week’s newsletter:
1. What percentage of students in the United States between the ages of 18 and 24 cannot locate Iraq on the world map? Afghanistan? Japan? The United States?
ANSWER:
IRAQ = 87%, AFGHANISTAN = 83%, JAPAN = 58%, UNITED STATES = 11%
2. ________ of people in the United States agree that students should have a study abroad experience sometime during college, but only ______ of students from the United States currently study abroad each year.
ANSWER: ____79%____ of people in the United States agree that students should have a study abroad experience sometime during college, but only ___1%___ of students from the United States currently study abroad each year.
3. Studying abroad exposes students from the United States to valuable _____________ and cultural understanding and forms an integral part of their education.
ANSWER: a. shopping sprees b. global knowledge c. memories d. all of the above
4. Some of the core values and skills of __________ education are enhanced by participation in study abroad programs
ANSWER: a. higher b. lower c. no d. the same
5. Institutions of higher education in the United States are struggling to graduate enough students with the ____________ skills and cultural competence necessary to meet the current demands of business, government, and educational institutions.
ANSWER: a. reading b. writing c. language d. science
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*Statistics provided by U.S. Senate.