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Global Impact for your Institution: International Experiential Education for Technical Students

Global Impact for your Institution: International Experiential Education for Technical Students

Thomas M. Akins, Debbie D. Gulick
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 21
ISBN13: 9781609605476|ISBN10: 1609605470|EISBN13: 9781609605483
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-547-6.ch006
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Akins, Thomas M., and Debbie D. Gulick. "Global Impact for your Institution: International Experiential Education for Technical Students." Work-Integrated Learning in Engineering, Built Environment and Technology: Diversity of Practice in Practice, edited by Patrick Keleher, et al., IGI Global, 2011, pp. 110-130. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-547-6.ch006

APA

Akins, T. M. & Gulick, D. D. (2011). Global Impact for your Institution: International Experiential Education for Technical Students. In P. Keleher, A. Patil, & R. Harreveld (Eds.), Work-Integrated Learning in Engineering, Built Environment and Technology: Diversity of Practice in Practice (pp. 110-130). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-547-6.ch006

Chicago

Akins, Thomas M., and Debbie D. Gulick. "Global Impact for your Institution: International Experiential Education for Technical Students." In Work-Integrated Learning in Engineering, Built Environment and Technology: Diversity of Practice in Practice, edited by Patrick Keleher, Arun Patil, and R. E. Harreveld, 110-130. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-547-6.ch006

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Abstract

This chapter describes Georgia Institute of Technology’s (Georgia Tech) model for producing globally competent engineers. It details two aspects that Georgia Tech thinks are vital to its success: (1) the need for institutional support and resources and (2) making international experiential education a part of an institution’s culture.

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