A Study to Determine the Scope of Educational Study Tours of Asia by Washington State Colleges and Universities as a Model for Northwest University School of Business

Abstract

Northwest University School of Business planned to travel to Asia in May of 2006. This would have been the first tour which Northwest University has taken to Asia. In order to provide a high quality educational experience to students the researcher studied best practices of Asia educational tours. A survey was created to question the practices of other higher education institutions within the State of Washington. The survey was distributed by mail to 14 institutions. Study results indicated that there are specific practices, such as knowing who will be doing the interpreting, who will be lecturing and who will be traveling with the group, which are implemented in order to provide students with an excellent educational opportunity.