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Evaluation Form for Returning Study Abroad Students

* Required Field

Name

optional

Major

Classification

Have you had an international travel experience before coming to Spelman?

Yes
No

Have you previously traveled abroad on a Spelman study travel or study abroad program?

Yes
No

Are you a first generation college student?

Yes
No

Are you a Pell grant recipient?

Yes
No

Program/Institution *

Location

Semester/Year

The questions below ask you to examine some of the components of your Study Abroad experience. Candid and thoughtful responses will be appreciated. Please note that your responses will not in any way affect the credit that you receive. Remember that your evaluation will be available to other students who may decide to select this program based on your responses. So please be honest.

1. Why did you select this program or institution?

2. What were your expectations and objectives before attending this program/institution and did they change during your participation?

A. Academic Expectations

B. Cultural Expectations

C. Personal or Social Expectations

3. What were the program’s/institution’s objectives? (Some of these objectives may have been the same as yours and some may have been different)

4. Did you find the pre-departure orientation at Spelman helpful? What else should be included in an on-campus orientation?

5. Did your program/institution have a formal orientation? Was it adequate? What did it include?

6. Were the academic facilities (e.g. classrooms, studio, labs, etc.) adequate and accessible? Were students encouraged to use the resources outside the program (such as museums, university and public libraries, etc?)

7. Were the courses accurately and sufficiently described? Did instructors adhere to course descriptions? Were courses you expected to take canceled?

8. Please comment on the general caliber of faculty and administrative staff.

9. Please list any courses (with instructor’s name) that you would highly recommend and any that you would caution a future Spelman student to avoid (with reasons why).

Recommend

Caution

10. How important was preparation and study for your class work?

11. If an instruction was in a foreign language, please comment on your ability to follow lectures, write papers, and communicate with local inhabitants in the host country’s language. How much language preparation did you have prior to departure?

12. Did the academic experience effectively supplement the study of your major discipline and/or your Spelman education generally? In what way or ways?

13. Did the program’s/institutions printed information describe the general program and its cost accurately and completely? If not, what was omitted or inaccurate? What would you suggest to future students as a reasonable expectation for monthly expenses? For vacation travel?

14. What arrangements were made for your housing and meals? Under what circumstances can housing be changed? Please name any family/address you’d recommend or caution against.

15. What supportive services were provided (e.g. academic and personal advising, medical care, etc.)? If you visited a physician (name please), would you recommend him/her to other students?

16. If there was a program director, was he/she competent and available when necessary? What role did the director have in the program (teaching, administrative, advising)?

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