Measures of the Off-Campus Study Experience

Bowdoin encourages students to broaden and enrich their education through participation in semester- or year-long study abroad programs. In addition to satisfaction surveys administered to off-campus study participants, the 2004 Off-Campus Study Survey was designed and conducted in order to understand what factors influenced students' decisions to study abroad, what students did to prepare for their time abroad, what students experienced while abroad and how the experience impacted students academically and intellectually. The purpose of the study was to understand how factors influencing students' choices about a study abroad program affected how they spent their time abroad and what they gained from the experience.

Relevant Surveys


1. 2004 Off-Campus Study Survey

This survey was administered to Bowdoin seniors who had studied abroad during their junior year. In addition to students' responses to the survey, the report includes a summary of discussions held over dinners in the spring of 2004 among seniors who had studied abroad; these dinner events were called Tales of Travels. The report also takes a brief look at evaluative information about the Mellon-funded Colby-Bates-Bowdoin (CBB) Off-Campus Study Programs.

Survey Instrument

    Off-Campus Study Experiences Questionnaire (OCSEQ)


Survey Report

    2004 Off-Campus Study Survey Report

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Last Update: November 8, 2004
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