Educating Global Citizens in Colleges and Universities: Challenges and Opportunities
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This book provides distinctive analysis of the full range of expressions in global education at a crucial time, when international competition rises, tensions with American foreign policy both complicate and motivate new activity, and a variety of innovations are taking shape. Citing best practices at a variety of institutions, the book provides practical coverage and guidance in the major aspects of global education, including curriculum, study abroad, international students, collaborations and branch campuses, while dealing as well with management issues and options. The book is intended to guide academic administrators and students in higher education, at a point when international education issues increasingly impinge on all aspects of college or university operation. The book deals as well with core principles that must guide global educational endeavors, and with problems and issues in the field in general as well as in specific functional areas. Challenges of assessment also win attention. Higher education professionals will find that this book serves as a manageable and provocative guide, in one of the most challenging and exciting areas of American higher education today.
1 Defining the Challenge 12 Goals: Where We Should Be Heading 173 Contexts for Global Education 294 Curriculum: The Foundations for Global Education 435 Education Abroad: Redefining a Staple 656 International Students and Global Education 977 Branch Campuses and Collaborations: A New Frontier 1278 Leadership and Administration: Bureaucratic Innovation without Bureaucratization 1499 Assessment 16710 General Observations: Some Underlying Issues 17911 Conclusion: The Global Mission 191Notes 201Further Reading 213About the Author 219Index 221
