Program Evaluation
Participants complete program evaluations at the end of each program. Check with a Study Abroad advisor for details about the Faculty Director's role in this, as the process generally takes place while students are still in-country.
Re-entry shock
Many students are unprepared for the shock of their return home. They expect the transition to be easy, since they will again be using their native language, and they already know the spoken and unspoken cultural rules of their home country. In fact, the shock of reentry can be even more jarring than the initial shock of arrival and adaptation overseas, precisely because it is so unexpected. Here is how a former UI study abroad participant described her “reverse culture shock.” Her experience is quite typical:
