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Short-term study abroad programs as course components provide educators with opportunities to practice holistic education, design significant learning experiences, and promote transformative learning. A short-term study abroad component incorporated in a sustainable tourism development course designed to understand the social, environmental, and economic sustainability of tourism development in developing countries gave an opportunity to 16 senior undergraduates and graduate students

This article reports the results of a qualitative study of 12 graduate international students’ struggles to adapt to new multicultural and academic environments. The focus is on how they dealt with diversity while struggling to succeed academically and how, although experiencing numerous disorienting dilemmas, students did not critically reflect on their meaning-making processes.

Short-term study abroad programs as course components provide educators with opportunities to practice holistic education, design significant learning experiences, and promote transformative learning. A short-term study abroad component incorporated in a sustainable tourism development course designed to understand the social, environmental, and economic sustainability of tourism development in developing countries gave an opportunity to 16 senior undergraduates and graduate students