South Korea's Education Exodus ― The Life and Times of Early Study Abroad

South Korea's Education Exodus analyzes Early Study Abroad in relation to the neoliberalization of South Korean education and labor. With chapters based on demographic and survey data, discourse analysis, and ethnography in various destinations, including Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, and the United States, the book considers the complex motivations that spur families of pre-college youth to embark on often arduous and expensive journeys. In addition to examining the various forms and locations of study abroad,South Korea's Education Exodus discusses the ways in which these students and their families manage living and studying abroad. The collection examines the impact of these educational experiences in relation to global citizenship, language ideologies, social class, and race.

ADRIENNE LO is associate professor of anthropology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is the coeditor ofBeyond Yellow English: Toward a Linguistic Anthropology of Asian Pacific America.NANCY ABELMANN is the Harry E. Preble Professor of Anthropology, Asian American Studies, and East Asian Languages and Cultures and an associate vice chancellor of research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.SOO AH KWON is associate professor of Asian American studies and human and community development at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is the author ofUncivil Youth: Race, Activism and Affirmative Governmentality. SUMIE OKAZAKI is professor of applied psychology in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University.