College students in the United States have studied abroad as part of their educational experience since Indiana University first sponsored its summer educational tours in 1881, according to the chronology of Hoffa (2007). Soon thereafter, many schools established programs abroad and by the third decade of the 20th century, there was some kind of study abroad offering for undergraduates availabl...

Few studies have employed experimental designs adequate for documenting the value added of studying abroad; that is, learning outcomes above and beyond that which may be achieved in domestic or traditional campus-based courses. Using a pre-/ posttest, two-by-two factor design of course location (study abroad vs. home campus) by course subject matter (sustainability vs. nonsustainability), we fo...