Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Elizabeth Brewer and Kiran Cunningham -- Capturing study abroad's transformative potential / Elizabeth Brewer and Kiran Cunningham -- Lessons from geography : mental maps and spatial narratives / Darren Kelly -- Preparatory courses for students going to divergent sites : two examples / Elizabeth Brewer and Jan Solberg -- Culture, religion, and nationality : developing ethnographic skills and reflective practices connected to study abroad / Carol S. Anderson and Kiran Cunningham -- Embedding preparation in language courses : Bonn and Erlangen / Jennifer Redmann -- Semiotics and the city : putting theories of everyday life, literature, and culture into practice / Darren Kelly -- Cool cities : Kalamazoo and Carthage - the intersection of service-learning and intercultural learning / Anne E. Haeckl and Elizabeth A. Manwell -- Chinese cities in transition : the city as classroom / Daniel Youd -- Health and microcredit : Beloit as a laboratory for understanding Nicaragua / Nancy Krusko -- Building gobal awareness through biology, public health, and study abroad : how science study can prepare students for study abroad, and how study abroad can prepare scientists for citizenship / Marion Field Fass and Ann M. Fraser -- Synthesis and career preparation : the international relations senior thesis / Pablo Toral -- Capacity building for study abroad integration : the institution and the faculty / Elizabeth Brewer and Kiran Cunningham.