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More Than Colleagues: Understanding International Higher Education Partnerships During Crisis, Christina M. Kinney
More Than Colleagues: Understanding International Higher Education Partnerships During Crisis, Christina M. Kinney
West Chester University Doctoral Projects
Higher education is now globally connected. While a positive development, such connections make international partnerships susceptible to global and regional crises. This study focused on a consortium partnership called the Cooperation on Higher Education and Professional Development (CHEPD) program. This study examined how international colleagues in China and the United States co-manage partnership challenges using a network approach to social capital theory. Such an approach helps to understand how administrators navigate relational resources by describing the consortium’s network composition. This study used a mixed-methods approach with a social network analysis to supplement the qualitative relational data. The literature shows that …
Polaris: Guiding Students On Their Journey To Global Citizenship, Tanna Frank
Polaris: Guiding Students On Their Journey To Global Citizenship, Tanna Frank
West Chester University Master’s Theses
This thesis examines the need for a shift in the mindset behind education abroad programming. As the term global citizenship begins to appear in more university mission statements and institutional goals, education abroad programming should shift from a human capital mindset to one that promotes the values of becoming a global citizen. My intervention aims to foster global citizenship within students and give back to the global communities that partner with education abroad programming by incorporating a critical pedagogy of place. Students will learn what it means to be a global citizen and how to embrace these values by centering …