Uncommon Ground, Common Faces Heritage

Seekers Discover Minority Communities in Western

Europe

CIEE: Council on International Educational Exchange

Annual Conference
CLOSING THE CIRCLE: CREATING AN ENDURING
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO: NOVEMBER 10-13, 2004

David Comp
Office of International Affairs
The University of Chicago
dcomp@uchicago.edu
 Profile of U.S. Students Abroad
2001-2002

• Total U.S. students abroad = 160,920

– Race/Ethnicity Percentage of students abroad Number

• Caucasian 82.9% 133,403

• Asian-American 5.8% 9,333
• Hispanic-American 5.4% 8,690
• African-American 3.5% 5,632
• Multiracial 2.0% 3,218
• Native American 0.4% 644

– Source: Open Doors 2003

 U.S. Population
General Demographics

• Total U.S. population = 281,421,906

– Race Number Percentage of population
• White 211,460,626 75.1%
• Black/African American 34,658,190 12.3%
• American Indian 2,475,956 0.9%
• Asian 10,242,998 3.6%
– Asian Indian 1,678,765 0.6%
– Chinese 2,432,585 0.9%
– Filipino 1,850,314 0.7%
– Japanese 796,700 0.3%
– Korean 1,076,872 0.4%
– Vietnamese 1,122,528 0.4%
– Other Asian 1,285,234 0.5%
• Native Hawaiian/Pacific 398,835 0.1%
Islander
• Some other race 15,359,073 5.5%
• Two or more races 6,826,228 2.4%

Source: U.S. Census 2000 http://censtats.census.gov/data/US/101000.pdf

 U.S. Population
General Demographics
• Total U.S. population = 281,421,906

– Hispanic or Latino and Race Number

Percentage of population
• Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 35,305,818 12.5%
– Mexican 20,640,711 7.3%
– Puerto Rican 3,406,178 1.2%
– Cuban 1,241,685 0.4%
– Other Hispanic or Latino 10,017,244 3.6%

Source: U.S. Census 2000

http://censtats.census.gov/data/US/101000.pdf
 U.S. Students Abroad in 2001-2002
Top 10 Western Europe destinations
1. United Kingdom received 30,143 U.S. students
2. Spain received 17,176 U.S. students
3. Italy received 17,169 U.S. students
4. France received 12,274 U.S. students
5. Germany received 4,856 U.S. students
6. Ireland received 4,375 U.S. students
7. Austria received 2,180 U.S. students
8. Greece received 1,856 U.S. students
9. Netherlands received 1,676 U.S. students
10. Switzerland received 1,022 U.S. students
The following data focus on the population demographics of these top 10 Western Europe
countries for U.S. students abroad.

– Source: Open Doors 2003

 European Imperialism and Colonialism
A Brief Overview
• United Kingdom – Several islands in the Caribbean, parts of North America,
Egypt, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and
Botswana (Rhodesia), Nigeria and Ghana, India/Pakistan/Bangladesh,
Hong Kong, Burma, Singapore, Malaysia.

• Spain – Several islands in the Caribbean, much of Central and South

America, parts of North America, Morocco, Philippines.

• Italy – Libya, Eritrea, Somalia, Ethiopia, Albania.

• France – Several islands in the Caribbean, parts of North America, Algiers,

Senegal, Mauritania, Chad, Gabon, Republic of Congo Vietnam, Laos,
Cambodia.

• Germany – Namibia, Tanzania.

• Netherlands – Some territory in the Caribbean, Indonesia, Sumatra,

Suriname, South Africa.
 U.K. Population
General Demographics
• Total Population = 58,789,194
– White 54,153,898
– Mixed 677,117
– Asian or Asian British
• Indian 1,053,411
• Pakistani 747,285
• Bangladeshi 283,063
• Other Asian 247,664
– Black or Black British
• Black Caribbean 565,876
• Black African 485,277
• Black Other 97,585
– Chinese 247,403
– Other 230,615
- Source: Census 2001, Office for National Statistics, United Kingdom http://www.statistics.gov.uk/
 Spain Population
General Demographics
• Total Population = 40,847,371
– Nationals 39,298,430
– Other EEA-Nationals 364,063
– Most important third country nationals
• Morocco 244,630
• Ecuador 213,965
• Colombia 158,164
• Romania 56,873
• Argentina 47,274
• Peru 38,161
• Dominican Republic 31,381
• China 27,214
• Cuba 25,613
• Bulgaria 25,613
• Ukraine 25,588
• Others 294,508

Source: EUROPA < http://europa.eu.int/> http://europa.eu.int/>. EUROPA is the portal site of the
European Union
 Italy Population
General Demographics
• Total Population = 57,844,017
– Nationals 56,481,387
– Other EEA-Nationals 22,300
– Most important third country nationals
• Morocco 158,094
• Albania 144,120
• Philippines 75,377
• Romania 64,215
• Tunisia 56,566
• China 46,494
• Serbia Montenegro 43,650
• Senegal 36,614
• Egypt 34,811
• Sri Lanka 34,464
• Others 668,225

Source: EUROPA < http://europa.eu.int/> http://europa.eu.int/>. EUROPA is the portal site of the
European Union
 France Population
General Demographics
• Total Population = 59,342,121
– Nationals 56,072,509
– Other EEA-Nationals 1,189,735
– Most important third country nationals
• Algeria 537,059
• Morocco 458,054
• Turkey 173,051
• Tunisia 161,101
• Serbia and Montenegro 45,189
• Senegal 43,632
• Mali 39,940
• China 35,506
• Congo, Democratic Rep. 30,723
• Poland 28,240
• Other 527,382

Source: EUROPA < http://europa.eu.int/> http://europa.eu.int/>. EUROPA is the portal site of the
European Union
 Germany Population
General Demographics
• Total Population = 82,440,309
– Nationals 75,122,094
– Other EEA-Nationals 1,979,211
– Most important third country nationals
• Turkey 1,947,938
• Serbia and Montenegro 627,523
• Poland 310,432
• Croatia 223,819
• Bosnia and Herzegovina 159,042
• Russian Federation 136,080
• United States of America 113,528
• Ukraine 103,477
• Iran 98,555
• Romania 88,102
• Others 1,630,508

Source: EUROPA < http://europa.eu.int/> http://europa.eu.int/>. EUROPA is the portal site of the
European Union
 Ireland Population
General Demographics
• Total Population = 3,858,000
– Irish 3,535,700
– Dual Irish/other 49,300
– UK 103,000
– Other EU 30,000
– Rest of Europe 23,100
– Africa 21,000
– Asia 21,800
– USA 11,400
– Other countries 11,200
– Multiple nationality 2,300
– No nationality 800
– Not stated 48,400

- Source: Census 2002, Central Statistics Office, Ireland http://www.cso.ie/

 Austria Population
General Demographics
• Total Population = 7,988,305
– Nationals 7,335,226
– Other EEA-Nationals 110,010
– Most important third country nationals
• Serbia and Montenegro 128,373
• Bosnia and Herzegovina 101,413
• Turkey 98,801
• Croatia 56,820
• Poland 19,660
• Romania 17,884
• Hungary 17,573
• Macedonia 12,682
• Slovak Republic 9,980
• Czech Republic 8,695
• Others 71,188

Source: EUROPA < http://europa.eu.int/> http://europa.eu.int/>. EUROPA is the portal site of the
European Union
 Greece Population
General Demographics
• Total Population = 10,645,343
– Greek 98%
– Other 2%

Note: The Greek Government reports there are no ethnic divisions in Greece

Source: www.NationbyNation.com
 Netherlands Population
General Demographics
• Total Population = 16,105,285
– Nationals 15,414,892
– Other EEA-Nationals 207,858
– Most important third country nationals
• Morocco 104,262
• Turkey 100,309
• United States of America 15,217
• Indonesia 10,127
• Suriname 8,491
• China 9,395
• India 3,417
• Israel 1,332
• Dominican Republic 1,158
• Others 222,515

Source: EUROPA < http://europa.eu.int/> http://europa.eu.int/>. EUROPA is the portal

site of the European Union
 Switzerland Population
General Demographics
• Total Population = 7,262,372
– German 65%
– French 18%
– Italian 10%
– Romansch 1%
– Other 6%
- Source: www.NationbyNation.com
 Questions Education Abroad
Providers May Want to Consider or
Ask Themselves
• Do we know the race and ethnicity of the student body on our
campus and/or the campuses we serve?
• Do we know the race and ethnicity of the students we send abroad?
• Do we provide programs for students who want heritage seeking
opportunities?
• Do we highlight these opportunities for our students?
• Do we incorporate information/discussion about heritage seeking in
our pre-departure orientation?
• Based on the demographics of our campus and students abroad,
can we develop programs that incorporate heritage seeking
opportunities in Western Europe?