Things to Read
Selected Books on Exchange
(in alphabetical order by author)
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Preparing to Study in the USA
Berdan, Stacie, and Goodman, Allan. Preparing to Study in the USA. Institute of International Education, 2016.
Read Our Review: Preparing to Study in the USA: Getting Here is Just the Beginning.
A Parent's Guide to Study Abroad
Berdan, Stacie; Goodman, Allan; and Gertz, William. A Parent Guide to Study Abroad. Institute of International Education, 2015.
Read Our Review: Study Abroad: Finally, Parents Are Now Part of the Picture.
A Student Guide to Study Abroad
Berdan, Stacie; Goodman, Allan; and Taylor, Sir Cyril. A Student Guide to Study Abroad. Institute of International Education, 2013.
Living With Your Exchange Student
Cherington, Ina. Living With Your Exchange Student. iUniverse, Bloomington, Indiana, 2011.
The Exchange Student Survival Kit
Hansel, Bettina. The Exchange Student Survival Kit - Second Edition. Nicholas Brealey Publishing, London, 2007.
Host Family Survival Kit
King, Nancy and Huff, Ken. Host Family Survival Kit: A Guide for American Host Families (2d ed). Intercultural Press, Yarmouth, Maine, 1997.
Culture Shock: A Practical Guide
Rybol, H.E. Culture Shock: A Practical Guide, 2014.
Read Our Review: Culture Shock Revisited.
Reverse Culture Shock
Rybol, H.E. Reverse Culture Shock, 2016.
Read Our Review: Reverse Culture Shock: What Language Do You Dream In?
The Exchange Student Guidebook
Schewe, Olav. The Exchange Student Guidebook: Everything You’ll Need to Spend a Successful High School Year Abroad. iUniverse, Bloomington, Indiana, 2012.
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Articles and Blog Posts
(in alphabetical order by author)
Rajika Bhandari, An International Student’s Education: What I Learned About Myself, America and the World, Huffington Post – College, December 2, 2013.
Carol Carter, Creative Ways U.S. Families Can Bring the World to Them: Options to Promote Student Learning, Huffington Post, October 29, 2014.
Carol Carter, Families Speak on How Hosting International Students Changed Their Lives, Huffington Post, October 24, 2014.
Alexandra Fleming, The 6 Things You Learn From Hosting a Foreign Exchange Student, Today Parents, October 7, 2014.
J.W. Holland, The Daughter I May Never See Again, Good Men Project, May 27, 2016.
Shellie Karabell, How Studying Abroad Makes You a Better Leader, Forbes, Jan. 29, 2016.
Robert Klose, My Third Son, Christian Science Monitor, August 4, 2011.
Beth Markley, 8 Things I’ve Learned as an Exchange Student Host Parent, Huffington Post, Jan. 8, 2015.
Claire Cain Miller, Extreme Study Abroad: The World Is Their Campus, New York Times, October 30, 2015.
Annie Murphy Paul, How Studying or Working Abroad Makes You Smarter, Time Magazine, April 29, 2014.
Richard Stengel, The Case for Studying Abroad, Huffington Post, Jan. 21, 2015.
Patrick Stephenson, Why High School Students Should Study Abroad, Huffington Post, May 31, 2015.
Homa Tavangar, 5 Lessons I learned hosting an exchange student, Huffington Post, August 2, 2011.
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