Talk:Student exchange program

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On 26 March 2005, this article was nominated for deletion. The result was keep. See Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Student exchange program for a record of the discussion. – AB CD 20:50, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I think that the site studentexchangeinfo.com should be included in the links because it is a great resource for exchange students

Glimpse Foundation

I have added some links to Glimpse materials in several Wikipedia articles as Glimpse's mission is to disseminate cultural information acquired by youth living abroad. Our website is non-commercial and serves as a resource for people interested in life abroad - it is a source of additional information about the experiences of youth abroad and is therefore a valuable external link to this page. AJDC

Does anyone else do this??

I'd hate to seem ethnocentric, but I rarely ever read about students from the U.S. going to foreign countries. Do foreign countries not take Americans yet America takes foreigners? It seems that way. If foreign countries do, then it has to be a very, very low percentage of people. I suspect it's much lower than how many people America accepts. I'm surprised Japan doesn't do the same for Americans. I don't really read about it too often. Matter of fact, I probably haven't read, heard, or seen anything about it for five years. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.77.125.20 (talk)10:17, 27 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, American high school students do travel abroad to attend school. However, many more students come to the US than go from it to another country (especially to another non-English-speaking country). American students are more likely to travel as part of their university program. WhatamIdoing (talk) 17:39, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, besides what the previous poster said, you have to accept the fact that not all other countries will be as accepting of Americans as America is of others. They have different laws and cultures, even down to house designs and school systems. If you're pointing fingers at Japan namely, there are actually a good 50,000+ Americans there out of their population of 127 million (see Americans in Japan). ★Dasani★ 05:16, 18 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

STS Foundation Australia

I noticed that our organisation has not been listed among other main student exchange organisations. STS Foundation is a global organisation, operating worldwide since 1958 and in Australia since 1987. Our organisation is registered with the Departments of Education of Australia. Link to our website: www.sts-education.com.au. MS —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.214.81.42 (talk) 03:05, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Adding a link

I've added this link which is the official list of designated sponsor organizations according to the state department. It's substantially more complete than the DMOZ links, and all students wanting to exchange into the US must work with one of the organizations on this lists. WhatamIdoing (talk) 17:39, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect

"Foreign Exchange Student" redirects to List of My Name is Earl episodes. It probably would be more helpful for people looking for information on that subject to be redirected to here, specially as that other article doesn't seem to have any relation tho this. Can anyone change that? I don't know how to do it myself. PabloClark (talk) 02:29, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It seems to have been fixed by creating a disambiguation page Covergaard (talk) 16:16, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A site for Brazilians

This Brazilian site: [Câmbio] talks about student exchange programs and is in Portuguese.Agre22 (talk) 14:06, 15 November 2009 (UTC)agre22[reply]

Why was the tag removed

I believe that this article is far from done.

First the testimonies dont belong on the page. Text with references to surveys should be included instead.
Second the article is still very US-centered. Where are the worries about cultural pollution we in Europe have?
Third, where are the references to all the text?

JohanGraham (talk) 05:37, 22 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. This article reads somewhat like a brochure, especially considering the benefits and testemonial sections. They don't belong on the page. The benefits reads like absolute statements, and very subjectively. I mean, come on, personal development thru exchange programs -> increase self-confidence? Can someone please help giving this article a broader perspective, and perhaps elaborate on the possible negative effects of these stays? I know there are some. I was an exchange student myself. Had a good time though, but I know there were other exchange students, who weren't as fortunate as I, mostly in regards to host family situations. Another slightly negative perspective comes from an international study (by dutch researchers) I was part of some years ago, that concluded that a significant, but not huge, amount of exchange students had trouble getting acclimated to their native country when returning home. Thorsager (talk) 03:31, 7 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It would be nice if you can find a reference to this Dutch reserch paper JohanGraham (talk) 10:18, 15 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]