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 “I'm already seeing students who were planning to study abroad start rethinking their plans. My university has a campus in an old castle in Luxembourg as well as many other international programs. A large number of our students have some experience studying abroad during their four years. In our foreign language teacher education programs, study abroad in the target language is required. While airline travel in the states is probably safer now than before the attacks, many students and parents are now hesitating to commit to foreign travel and foreign living. Students still want to go, but are waiting to see what happens.The current stock market situation has probably influenced the choices of majors more than the terrorist attacks. Students who were going into technology and business fields are wondering if that is really where they want to be. In recent years, I've sometimes had students tell me that they were going to major in computers or in business; go out and make the big money for a few years; and then do grad work, to go into teaching – for the happiness they know teaching will bring them. The terrorist attacks have brought many traditional-aged college students nose-to-nose with a hard reality and a frightening uncertainty that they had not known before.” ~ Phyllis Mendenhall, Miami University, October 2 The Mentor is published by Penn State's Division of Undergraduate Studies Available online at www.psu.edu/dus/mentor/ Privacy and Legal Statements | Copyright | © The Pennsylvania State University | All rights reserved | |
