Interview 117: Nick Gozik on “Why students should study abroad”
- Lisa shares Nick’s impressive background
- Dr. Gozik addresses the following topics:
- Advice on how to make decisions at each stage of your career
- Why he believes students should go abroad
- What to do if you are unable to go abroad
- Lisa shares an experience when she stepped out of her comfort zone and went abroad
- What he means by “high impact practices”
- The history of US students going abroad
- Some of the challenges that can go wrong when you go abroad.
- Nick talks about his new book that he has coming out called, “A House where we all Belong: Redesigning Education Abroad for Inclusive Excellence”
- How to evaluate the quality of a study abroad program
- The 52 point plan at Elon for study abroad
- The relationship between research and study abroad
- The Georgetown Consortium project
- The distinctives of Elon and why Elon is exciting
- Nick gives his best advice for students
- Nick goes on the hot seat