Schuman, A., & Murzi, H., & Abdalla, A. (2023, June), Characterizing Chemical Engineering Students’ Decisions with the Push-Pull Model of Study Abroad Choice  Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--43181

\bibitem{asee_peer_43181}
  Schuman, A., \& Murzi, H., \& Abdalla, A. (2023, June), \emph{Characterizing Chemical Engineering Students’ Decisions with the Push-Pull Model of Study Abroad Choice}
  Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland.
  10.18260/1-2--43181

Andrea Schuman, Homero Murzi, and Alaa Abdalla.  "Characterizing Chemical Engineering Students’ Decisions with the Push-Pull Model of Study Abroad Choice".  2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland, 2023, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2023.  https://peer.asee.org/43181 Internet.  12 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_43181}
  Andrea Schuman, Homero Murzi, and Alaa Abdalla.
  "Characterizing Chemical Engineering Students’ Decisions with the Push-Pull Model of Study Abroad Choice".
  \emph{2023 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland, 2023, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2023.
  https://peer.asee.org/43181 Internet.  12 Dec, 2024

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Effective cross-cultural communication is a crucial skill for engineering students as they enter increasingly international workplaces. One way students can advance this skill is through studying abroad, which can also help students gain new perspectives, resourcefulness, and creativity. Understanding students’ reasoning when selecting a study abroad program can be valuable for institutions as they design international programs. In this study, we compared students’ reasoning for program choice in Virginia Tech's chemical engineering unit operations lab, where undergraduate students are required to enroll in a summer lab course and can choose between taking the class in Virginia, directly enrolling at the Technical University of Denmark, or participating in an exchange program at Ruhr University Bochum in Germany. Five to seven students in each of the three tracks were interviewed about their experiences and decision-making process for choosing a track. Using Mazzarol and Soutar's (2002) theoretical framework of the push-pull model of international exchange choices, we qualitatively analyzed the answers for the push factors. Push factors in their decisions are the motivations that drive the decision to study abroad, including what the student hopes to gain from the experience. This study applies this framework to a unique context. Results of this study can inform U.S. institutions about what students value when making study abroad choices. This information can be used to improve programs based on student insights and can be helpful when deciding which aspects to highlight in advertising. 
AU  - Andrea Schuman
AU  - Homero Murzi
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CY  - Baltimore , Maryland
DA  - 2023/06/25
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