This research explores how editorial advisory board members across four highly ranked international higher education-focused journals understand higher education internationalization generally, and internationalization of the curriculum (IoC) specifically. Notionally, as gatekeepers, editorial advisory board members hold a powerful strategic…

21st century research, to date, indicates that the private and social returns from higher education are substantial. The subtext of both human capital theory and the signaling model is a belief that higher earnings are an indicator of "earned merit"; an assumption called into question, challenging the meritocratic basis for earnings…

Expertise is under sustained interrogation. We see it in so-called edu-scepticism and pessimism about graduates' apparently diminishing employment prospects, challenges to the role of Higher Education institutions as arbiters of knowledge and post-truth rhetoric more broadly. This paper examines how the PhD is being discursively positioned in this…

The aim of this paper is to explore the challenges and opportunities of designing and delivering Degree and Higher Level Apprenticeships (D&HLAs) at levels 4-7 from a multi-stakeholder perspective namely employers, Universities, independent training organisations and professional bodies. Twenty-seven face-to-face interviews were undertaken and…

Purpose: Although faculty members are regarded as one of the main agents of internationalization in higher education (IHE), research has focused on the upper levels of analysis (e.g. country or educational institution) rather than the individual. The purpose of this paper is to draw from social exchange theory (SET) to examine how the perceptions…

The U@Uni Academy provides a case study of a composite preparation and access programme, integrating key elements of widening participation, alternate entry and enabling schemes. It is offered to students from a low socioeconomic background and focuses on non-traditional indicators of attainment in order to prepare for, access and successfully…

Bourdieu's concept of habitus clivé illuminates Indigenous Australians' experiences in tertiary environments for both Aboriginal students and Aboriginal staff. Habitus formed through family, schooling and social class is also shaped by urban, regional or rural upbringing, creating a durable sense of self. Aboriginal people in Australia live in all…

This article uses the question "Can government and businesses mandate the COVID-19 vaccine?" as a starting point for an interdisciplinary lesson appropriate for a variety of business law classes. This lesson includes several important overlapping learning goals: (1) It expands students' ability to analyze how the complexity associated…

There is an increasing trend toward regionalization as higher education adapts to openness and globalization. In response, East African countries formed networks and partnerships that strengthened business, higher education, student and staff mobility, and research. This is because regionalization is embedded in East Africa's economy, politics,…

The current study investigates the academic adaptation levels of international students and their motivations for pursuing higher education in Turkey. The study also aimed to compare the adaptation of international students in higher education in terms of various variables such as gender, age, duration in Turkey, education level, and university. A…

Background: Adults with intellectual disability who attended higher education programs have reported increasing self-determination, developing social skills and forming relationships. However, there is limited evidence about what adults with intellectual disability do after they complete such programs. This study investigated the experiences of…

The relevance of networking in academia and the gendered dynamics involved are well established in the literature. The persistence of the old-boy network pushes academic women to rationalize whether or not to 'play the game' and under what terms. Inspired by Feminist Institutionalism, this article explores the schemas of interpretation which…

Increase in the recognition of racial and gender disparities has raised the accountability stakes for educational leaders and their contribution in influencing improved educational outcomes and closing the achievement gaps for racially minoritized groups. Evidence suggests that these institutions are inadequately equipped to assist students from…

While listening to the audiobook version of "This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage" by Ann Patchett, the author realized how often higher education professionals invent new stories of who they are within the environments where they work. "People, places, ideals, and art" are Patchett's focus throughout the book. Higher…

This chapter identifies academic advising practices and policies that contribute to delivering a meaningful student experience and ways that institutions can ensure their academic advising contributes to closing the opportunity gap.