In the United States, the field of international educational exchange has increasingly focused on mental health and well-being throughout the program cycle--from international students coming to the United States and those studying abroad and their host institutions and families. This focus extends to the advisors and administrators supporting…

The purpose of this study was to examine how a study-abroad learning experience helped school administrators grow as culturally responsive school leaders. In order to help school administrators better understand the culture of increasing number of Korean students in the southeastern part of the United States, a study-abroad program has been…

The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the factors that influenced the career decisions of school leaders who chose to serve as international missionaries. Specifically, the study focused around what led the school administrators to accept a position at a school on the mission field and why they decided to remain or to leave. The…

Student international mobility programmes (SIMPS) are often described as 'life altering' experiences, a pathway to raising social consciousness, as well as promoting cultural and social understanding. This qualitative research investigated the impact of SIMPs on seventeen students who took part in SIMPs during their course of study in two higher…

Using the University of Hawai'i Manoa Study Abroad Center as a case study, this essay argues that in all areas of programming and functioning, a viable Study Abroad Center must involve faculty from all areas of the institution. The author argues that positive outcomes for students depend on shared governance, and the key to shared governance is…

Position training and succession planning are important for aspiring senior community college leaders and for university senior international educators. While mid-level administrators are targeted as future candidates, the mid-level position of community college international educational leader as an important administrator function is not…

In the 2017-2018 academic year, 332,727 U.S. university students participated in a study abroad program in a foreign country (Institute of International Education, 2018). Many of these students attend courses taught by part-time faculty, hired locally by study abroad centers with affiliations to U.S. universities. The directors of these centers…

Although social work education standards call for graduates to be able to practice in a global environment, it is unknown how schools are working to accomplish that as well as what supports they have and what the aims of this education are. A survey of all U.S. BSW and MSW program directors found they have multiple goals for introducing…

This case study examined how community-university partnerships have helped develop welcoming learning environments for new immigrants, particularly the increasing number of South Korean students and families in eastern Alabama. The creation of South Korean-owned automobile manufacturing plants in the southeastern United States has brought numerous…

In the last twenty years a body of "social justice educators" has come to power in American higher education. These professors and administrators are transforming higher education into advocacy for progressive politics. They also work to reserve higher education jobs for social justice advocates, and to train more social justice…

The involvement of East Asia, and in particular China, in the global markets has rapidly increased over the last few decades, and universities in English-speaking countries, including South Africa are increasingly accepting students from that region into their programmes. This requires the students to not only move to a locality where foreign…

According to a "Wall Street Journal"/NBC News poll, 59 percent of all adults consider education essential to getting ahead in life. At the same time, an increasing number of adults have begun to blame educators for their failure in life, claiming educational malpractice. Historically, education has been more of an issue at the state and…

The idea of the professional who bridges both research and practice has been largely overlooked and at times even disregarded by the academic and administrative structures that govern activity in higher education today. In international higher education, the number of students who now engage in mobility and exchange has expanded globally, along…

The purpose of the study was to understand best practices for internationalizing higher education. Despite the growing recognition of the importance of internationalization to student learning in higher educational institutions, majority of students continue to exhibit deficiency in international skills and competencies required to function…

This article describes the design and delivery of a program, "Global Business in a Digital World." The program integrates the use of social media technologies and business applications in a series of courses that include short-term study abroad components that focus on emerging markets. The objectives are to: (1) provide additional…