Sarah Fuller
Introduction
This paper is intended to highlight the case of how study abroad programs are portrayed online by universities. Despite great variety in location, structure, funding, length, and a number of other factors, the programs sound very similar in the way they are described by their websites. This isomorphism speaks to a trend that extends well beyond study abroad and into higher education in general, reflecting the perpetuation of a rapidly expanding world-culture, which despite its seeming anonymity emerges from the influence of supranational and international organizations and then is given local meaning that legitimizes its existence…
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