Category: International Education Publications

Education Abroad

Bridging Scholarship and Practice Edited by Anthony C. Ogden, Bernhard Streitwieser, and Christof Van Mol.   Recent decades have seen unprecedented growth in the number of students travelling abroad for the purpose of short-term academic study. As such, attention is turning to the role that education abroad can have in enhancing student learning and producing global-ready […]

Annual Report on English Language Programs in the USA

  EnglishUSA is proud to present its second Annual Report on English Language Programs in the U.S.  This project, in its second year, is the only industry-driven dataset of its kind in the U.S. EnglishUSA appreciates the support and guidance from Bonard, a long-time strategic partner with EnglishUSA. Download the report now.

GSLR 2024: Recentering, Reprioritizing, and Reengaging a Sense of Community with International Education

Editor: Nick Gozik   This issue of the Global Studies Literature Review (GSLR) expounds upon the NAFSA 2024 Annual Conference & Expo theme and focuses on “Recentering, Reprioritizing, and Reengaging a Sense of Community within International Education,” with pieces authored by a wide variety of voices—faculty members, graduate students, independent researchers, and international education professionals. This topic […]

Entry Points to US Education

Accessing the Next Wave of Growth By: Jing Luan (Author, Editor), Leilt Habte (Editor), David L. Di Maria (Editor), Krishna Bista (Editor   Entry Points to US Education: Accessing the Next Wave of Growth focuses on the imperative need to modernize international education as a result of the changes in international student mobility. Centered around the ten entry points, the book looks into […]

Navigating the American Dream

A Comprehensive Survival Guide for International Students Authors: Bo Zhang, Emmah Muema, Shenhaye Ferguson, Rachel Kamnkhwani, Luke Parker, Candice Peters   Based on their personal experiences spanning various facets of the international student life cycle in the U.S., the authors of the book Navigating the American Dream recognized the pressing need for a resource that goes beyond and above, offering comprehensive […]

Experiencing Your Identity Abroad

Authentically Living and Learning in a New Place Author: Amaris Vargas-Mohan   Every student brings unique strengths to their education abroad experience based on who they are. Prepare them to recognize these contributions—and potential challenges related to their identities—with this new guide from NAFSA. Topics in Experiencing Your Identity Abroad include: social identity, intersectionality, and privilege; cross-cultural […]

Global Goals, Global Education

Advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Editors: Jolynn Shoemaker and Joanna Regulska   Global Goals, Global Education: Advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals offers a comprehensive guide on how higher education institutions worldwide can contribute significantly to the advancement of the 2030 Agenda. Divided into five parts, the book explores a variety of topics, […]

Supporting Transgender and Non-Binary Students in Education Abroad

Author: The Forum on Education Abroad’s Supporting Transgender and Non-Binary Students in Education Abroad 2023-24 Working Group   The Forum’s Supporting Transgender and Non-Binary Students in Education Abroad 2023-24 Working Group created this collection of resources to provide guidance on supporting transgender and non-binary students participating in education abroad programming. It aims to provide a […]

Hiring Manager Questions, Second Edition

Author: NAFSA   Based on NAFSA’s International Education Professional Competencies 2.0, this set of sample behavioral interview questions is a helpful tool for supervisors when hiring employees in any area of international education. This tool is not meant to be an exhaustive list but rather a starting place for strategic questions about an applicant’s experience, based on […]

Bridging Cultures, Empowering Futures

Global Citizenship and International Education Edited by Krishna Bista, Uttam Gaulee, Dawn Michele Whitehead, and Bo Zhang   This book presents a wide range of themes of perseverance, cultural exploration, transformative journeys, and reflections on life’s lessons. Each chapter offers unique perspectives on overcoming challenges, embracing cultural diversity, and finding profound meaning in life’s experiences. From […]

The International Handbook of French Education

Language Learning, Teaching and Advocacy Edited by Jerry L. Parker and Amany Saleh   The International Handbook of French Education is a comprehensive and diverse collection that gathers the insights of educators, students, and leaders from across the globe to explore the enduring value and future prospects of teaching French language and Francophone culture. This handbook features […]

ChatGPT and Global Higher Education

Using Artificial Intelligence in Teaching and Learning Edited by Xi Lin, Roy. Y Chan, Shyam Sharma, and Krishna Bista   The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) tools based on advanced language models, such as ChatGPT and Bard, is transforming industries and professions worldwide, and higher education is no exception. ChatGPT, an AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI, has created a […]

Advising LGBTQ+ Students in International Education

Author: Charlotte West   This resource is essential for ensuring that LGBTQ+ students have successful, positive international education experiences. Designed for educators working with both international students coming to the United States and U.S. students participating in education abroad experiences, this practical guide helps advisers take action and deepen their holistic support of students. It […]

NAFSA 2024 Immigration Review

The NAFSA 2024 Immigration Review provides a brief overview of changes in immigration law, policy, procedure, and practice over the past year, as of April 2024. Subjects include: recent policy revisions affecting F students and J exchange visitors, scholar- and employment-based updates, cross-category topics, changes to forms and fees, and the end of COVID-19 flexibilities. Purchase the […]

Voice of the Students

Study Abroad 2024   TerraDotta is thrilled to present the 2024 Study Abroad Student Survey, the third edition in the ongoing effort to illuminate shifting perceptions, needs, and interests within this vital aspect of higher education. As the world continues rapidly transforming, these student perspectives can inform policies, pedagogies, and programs to nurture more inclusive, […]

Navigating Higher Education in Nepal

Historical Perspectives and Future Directions Author: Tirth Raj Khaniya    This seminal work offers a comprehensive analysis of the evolution and current challenges of higher education in Nepal, with a particular focus on Tribhuvan University. Authored by an insider who has served in pivotal educational and governmental roles, the book delves into the critical issues […]

Current Perspectives on Intercultural and Global Competence

Editors: Darla K. Deardorff and Mizuho Tatebayashi   This book represents collective endeavors of experienced scholars, practitioners and students from around the world, to enhance and expand knowledge and understanding of the critical concept of intercultural and global competence emerging from insightful dialogues and work between members of the World Council on Intercultural and Global […]

Contemporary Issues in Knowledge-based Economy, Higher Education and Sustainable Development

Editors: Boopen Seetanah, Viraiyan Teeroovengadum, Uttam Gaulee, Krishna Bista, and Bo Zhang   This book strives to unravel the intricacies of contemporary challenges in the knowledge-based economy, higher education, and sustainable development. It navigates through diverse perspectives, from prioritizing mental health among university students in India to exploring the impact of green intellectual capital in Mauritius. […]

Convergence of Litigation, Policy, and Standards

Building the Informed Practitioner in Education Abroad Risk Management Editors: Julie Pollard and Kim Priebe   A must-have for international risk managers, education abroad health and safety officers, or anyone with significant responsibility for student safety and well-being. This volume shares risk mitigation best practices informed by higher education litigation outcomes, legislative and regulatory policies, and current […]

Medical Insurance: A Guide to Navigating Health Care in the United States

Author: Brooke H. M. Stokdyk   This new edition of Medical Insurance: A Guide to Navigating Health Care in the United States is an excellent resource for international students to understand the U.S. health-care system and medical insurance requirements. Topics in this revised booklet include: evaluating and choosing an insurance policy, using insurance to see health-care providers, […]

Internationalization of Higher Education: Current Trends and Future Scenarios

Giorgio Marinoni and Siro Bartolome Pina Cardona   Since 2003, the International Association of Universities (IAU) has been regularly conducting Global Surveys on the Internationalization of Higher Education. This 6th edition has been published five years after the last one. It monitors changes and captures emerging trends over a period during which higher education and […]

Mentored Undergraduate Research in Global Contexts

Integrated High-Impact Practices for Student Success Editors: Dawn Michele Whitehead, Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler, Susan Buck Sutton, Mary F. Price, Kate Patch, and Kris Acheson   Mentored undergraduate research in global contexts, or MUR-GC, integrates the high-impact practices of mentoring, undergraduate research, and global learning. This volume explores the power of integrating these practices by tracing their […]

Veteran Educators, International Education, and Study Abroad

Perspectives, Insights and Practices Editors: Thomas V. Millington, Krishna Bista, Roy Y. Chan, Bo Zhang   This book offers profound insights into the dynamic landscape of international education, drawing on the perspectives of veteran educators and thought leaders. Through engaging chapters, it explores the transformative potential of global learning, examining current challenges, reflecting on historical […]

Entry Points to US Education

Accessing the Next Wave of Growth Editors: Jing Luan, Leilt Habte, David Di Maria and Krishna Bista   Entry Points to US Education: Accessing the Next Wave of Growth focuses on the imperative need to modernize international education as a result of the changes in international student mobility.  Centered around the ten entry points, the book looks into the distinct […]

Supporting International Students in US Higher Education

A Theory-Based Approach Editors: Darbi L. Roberts and Ravichandran Ammigan   This book explores the integral role that student affairs professionals play in the success of international students at higher education institutions in the US. International student support has often been thought of as the principal responsibility of international student services offices, but research suggests […]

Shifting Paradigms in Higher Education

Balancing Humanism, Scientism, and Academic Capitalism Author: Tirth Raj Khaniya   Shifting Paradigms in Higher Education: Balancing Humanism, Scientism, and Academic Capitalism offers a profound exploration of the evolving landscape of higher education. Drawing from a wealth of experience, including leadership roles at Tribhuvan University and involvement with the National Planning Commission in Nepal, the author […]

Critical Reflections on the Internationalisation of Higher Education in the Global South

Diverse Perspectives on Creating a Fairer Society Editors: Emnet Tadesse Woldegioris and Cheryl Qiumei Yu   Embarking on a journey to Africa, Southeast Asia, South America and beyond, Critical Reflections on the Internationalization of Higher Education in the Global South explores how postcolonial structures and global power dynamics are shaping the internationalization of higher education. Challenging […]

Education in China and the World

Achievement and Contemporary Issues Editors: Liu Niancai, Feng Zhuolin, and Wang Qi   This open access book provides a comprehensive overview of education in China, covering 12 critical topics including basic education, higher education, professional education, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education, mental health education, and international education and excellence initiatives. Drawing from current […]

Transforming Lives at the Institutional Level

Equity Promotion Initiatives Across the World Edited by Jamil Salmi   Transforming Lives at the Institutional Level: Equity Promotion Initiatives Across the World, edited by Jamil Salmi, provides an invaluable exploration of innovative initiatives aimed at improving access and success in higher education. This seminal volume presents a collection of case studies from various regions, […]

The Emergence of the Ethically-Engaged University

Editors: Emiliano Bosio and Gustavo Gregorutti   This edited volume examines the role of the modern university as a public good institution ethically engaged in social transformation. Featuring contributions from internationally recognized scholars across both the Global North and South, this collection contextualizes issues in higher education such as community engagement, service learning, citizenship and […]

The Impact of U.S. Immigration Policies on Our International Students

As the gloom of the pandemic years continues to recede, prospective students are again exploring options for higher education farther from home. At the same time, a mad dash to attract them, by institutions around the world, is afoot. Within the U.S. the call by institutional presidents, provosts, chancellors, and trustees for more students in […]

Data Management in International Education

There is a lot of talk these days about technology’s impact on higher education. From artificial intelligence chatbots to data visualization tools to aggregators supporting student recruitment, we have entered a new era in terms of technology-enabled data collection, production, analysis, and reporting. While higher education institutions have long served as bastions of knowledge, campus […]

Strategic Budgeting in Internationalization

Senior International Officers (SIOs) are charged with delivering creative, competitive, cost-efficient, and impactful global programming which contributes to their institution’s mission. At the same time, they are required to do so with limited funding, requiring them to have, at a minimum, a rudimentary knowledge of financial structures and strategic budgeting. However, most university and college […]

New Directions for Student Services

Towards Professionalization of Students Affairs Across the Globe Editors: Lisa Bardill Moscaritolo and Birgit Schreiber Contents PART ONE Contextualizing student affairs and services in global higher education by Ian Jamieson, Evandro Coggo Cristofoletti, Ibrahim Oanda, Taina Saarinen This article outlines major developments in higher education policies in terms of massification, diversification, stratification, marketization, and globalization.Although […]

Putting The Standards Of Good Practice Into Practice: A Case Study In Standards-Based Education Abroad Program Design And Implementation

Authors: David Wick, Amelia Dietrich, Marissa Lombardi, Sara von der Horst, Kendall Brostuen About:  Since 2021, The Forum has powered the  Future Nobel Laureates Scholarship Program alongside  partner EF Study Abroad. This case study shares key learnings from creating this program based on the sixth edition of the Standards of Good Practice for Education Abroad in […]

The History of NAFSA: 75 Years of Advancing International Education

Author: Mark Toner About:  At a time when international education is more important than ever, The History of NAFSA provides a timely and insightful perspective on internationalization and campus impact. The book makes a compelling case for the importance of international education in fostering global citizenship, building bridges between cultures, and addressing the pressing policy challenges in […]

The State of Globalization in Higher Education 2023

A publication by TerraDotta About:  Global education offices are seeing renewed student excitement—and more importantly, a deep desire­—for international experiences and travel in real time. Following the significant impact left from the pandemic, institutions celebrated lifts on travel bans throughout 2022 and with that, a comforting answer to the pent-up demand that students had been […]

Making Global Learning Universal: Promoting Inclusion and Success for All Students

Authors: Hilary Landorf, Stephanie Doscher, and Jaffus Hardick About:  While there is wide consensus in higher education that global learning is essential for all students’ success, there are few models of how to achieve this goal. The authors of this book, all of whom are from one of the nation’s largest and most diverse research […]

Global and Intercultural Communication: A Guide to New Approaches and Practices

Global Ed publication, text by Bryan McAllister-Grande About:  Intercultural communication is a foundational element of the international education field as well as related fields of peacebuilding, international affairs, crisis management, healthcare and law. Yet, most concepts in intercultural communication date back to the 1950s and 1960s. This guide include key theoretical models and approaches, practical […]

Academic Star Wars: Excellence Initiatives in Global Perspective

Editors: Maria Yudkevich, Philip G. Altbach and Jamil Salmi About:  A pioneering collection of case studies on the global phenomenon of academic excellence initiatives and how they shape the performance of research universities. Academic excellence initiatives (AEIs)—special government-sponsored programs to improve research universities—have provided billions of dollars to top universities and represent perhaps the most significant effort in […]

Research with International Students: Critical Conceptual and Methodological Considerations

Editors: Jenna Mittelmeier, Silvie Lomer, and Kalyani Unkule Abstract: This must-read book combines carefully selected contributions to form a collective scholarly critique of existing research with international students, focusing on key critical and conceptual considerations for research where international students are participants or co-researchers. It pushes forward new agendas for the future of research with […]

East and Southeast Asian Perspectives on the Internationalisation of Higher Education: Policies, Practices, and Prospects

Editors: Ly Thi Tran, Tracy X.P. Zou, Hiroshi Ota This book provides robust insights into the current policies, trends, challenges and possibilities in the internationalisation of higher education in East and Southeast Asian countries, revealing emergent and new models and practices in this area, and discussing implications for mutual learning across different education systems. Drawing on case […]

Digital Internationalization in Higher Education Beyond Virtual Exchange

This collection focuses on the challenges, lessons learned, and best teaching practices shared by educators in the higher education system in both the developed and developing areas of Asia. Organized into three sections, the book covers key factors that affect the successes of online education in Asia, including innovations in curriculum design; innovations in communicating with students; and innovations in assessments. In doing so, it provides educators important insights into the differences between teaching and learning in both the developed and developing areas of Asia and highlights the problems that still need to be addressed as technologies advance in the twenty-first century in STEM and non-STEM disciplines.

Student Voice Research Theory, Methods, and Innovations From the Field

This collection focuses on the challenges, lessons learned, and best teaching practices shared by educators in the higher education system in both the developed and developing areas of Asia. Organized into three sections, the book covers key factors that affect the successes of online education in Asia, including innovations in curriculum design; innovations in communicating with students; and innovations in assessments. In doing so, it provides educators important insights into the differences between teaching and learning in both the developed and developing areas of Asia and highlights the problems that still need to be addressed as technologies advance in the twenty-first century in STEM and non-STEM disciplines.

Academic Mobility through the Lens of Language and Identity, Global Pandemics, and Distance Internationalization

This collection focuses on the challenges, lessons learned, and best teaching practices shared by educators in the higher education system in both the developed and developing areas of Asia. Organized into three sections, the book covers key factors that affect the successes of online education in Asia, including innovations in curriculum design; innovations in communicating with students; and innovations in assessments. In doing so, it provides educators important insights into the differences between teaching and learning in both the developed and developing areas of Asia and highlights the problems that still need to be addressed as technologies advance in the twenty-first century in STEM and non-STEM disciplines.

Perspectives on comprehensive internationalisation of higher education

This book argues that international higher education must be competitive, sustainable and contribute to educational development locally and internationally. It shows that higher education institutions (HEIs) are seen as being driven by an economic or educational agenda. For example, internationalisation can be influenced by the university ranking system, which is based on the international reputation of universities, the competitive quality of programmes offered in a market-oriented education environment, the generation of income from the enrolment of international students, and the employment of high-profile researchers. Likewise, the book contributes to knowledge production by positing that an international profile for HEIs is fundamental to building their global excellence and outstanding academic standards and strengthening their competitiveness and economic growth.

Although virtual internationalisation can be an effective vehicle for students to gain international exposure, most students have remained in their local environment. This book provides a complex array of new needs, attitudes and demands that teaching and learning pedagogy has to consider to foster the internationalisation of higher education. In addition, this book also argues that HEIs must ethically and pedagogically respond to the needs of international students and other stakeholders across various modes of internationalisation of higher education. The book argues that any rationale to internationalise higher education must address inequitable and unethical ideologies and practices. In the same vein, this book also places emphasis on the importance of institutional quality assurance mechanisms, accreditation, learning outcomes, and multicultural connectivity through an inclusive curriculum.

Lastly, in providing thorough strategies for the comprehensive internationalisation of higher education, this book offers pertinent discussions on the sustainable funding models for the HEIs, repositioning the higher education sector as a vibrant export sector, reforms in higher education, governance in HEIs, entrepreneurship in higher education and competition in higher education.

Comparative and International Education Leading Perspectives from the Field

Provides conceptual, historical, and theoretical frameworks for the field of comparative and international education ranging from early childhood to postgraduate and professional education

Contains public and educational policies that are applicable to challenges faced by university, government, and public policy officials

Presents the perspectives of distinguished, longstanding experts in comparative and international education

Conversations on Global Citizenship Education Perspectives on Research, Teaching, and Learning in Higher Education

This volume offers a remarkable collection of theoretically and practically grounded conversations with internationally recognized scholars, who share their perspectives on Global Citizenship Education (GCE) in relation to university research, teaching, and learning.

Conversations on Global Citizenship Education brings together the narratives of a diverse array of educators who share their unique experiences of navigating GCE in the modern university. Conversations focus on why and how educators’ theoretical and empirical perspectives on GCE are essential for achieving an all-embracing GCE curriculum which underpins global peace. Drawing on the Freirean concept of “conscientization”, GCE is presented as an educational imperative to combat growing inequality, seeping nationalism, and post-truth politics.

This timely volume will be of interest to educators who are seeking to develop their theoretical understanding of GCE into teaching practice, researchers and students who are new to GCE and who seek dynamic starting points for their research, and general audience who are interested in learning more about the history, philosophy, and practice of GCE.

Education and International Development An Introduction

Education and International Development provides an introduction to the debates on education and international development, giving an overview of the history, influential theories, key concepts, areas of achievement and emerging trends in policy and practice.

Written by leading academics from Canada, India, Netherlands, South Africa, UK, USA, and New Zealand, this second edition has been fully updated in light of recent changes in the field, such as the introduction of the Sustainable Development Goals and the increased focus on environmental sustainability and equality. The book includes three new chapters on private providers, decolonisation and learning outcomes as well as a range of pedagogical features including key concept boxes, biographies of influential thinkers and practitioners, further reading lists, questions for reflection and debate, and case studies from around the developing world.

The Evolution of Transnational Education Pathways, Globalisation and Emerging Trends

This book examines issues of identity; positionality; community; value and relevance, to explore where transnational higher education is headed and what form it may take moving forwards.

Transnational higher education has traditionally been viewed through the lens of access. Now, the authors argue, higher education must think more closely about impact and legacy as changing patterns of student recruitment, reduced options for mobility and the need to establish value for money will be at the heart of the next stage of evolution. Drawing on international case studies from Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia, the book outlines the past, present and future of higher education working across national boundaries, and the extent to which this represents the globalisation of the university sector. The book opens with an analysis of the role of the university in both local and global contexts, moving on to explore policy and collaboration and then looking at emerging trends and activity in international higher education. The final section draws directly from students, to give their perspective and understanding of the core themes throughout the book.

This volume will have a wide readership amongst higher education scholars, undergraduate and postgraduate students and policy makers.

Borderless Higher Education for Refugees Lessons from the Dadaab Refugee Camps

Higher education is increasingly recognized as crucial for the livelihoods of refugees and displaced populations caught in emergencies and protracted crises, to enable them to engage in contemporary, knowledge-based, global society. This book tells the story of the Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (BHER) project which delivers tuition-free university degree programs into two of the largest protracted refugee camps in the world, Dadaab and Kakuma in Kenya. Combining a human rights approaches, critical humanitarianism and a concern with gender relations and intersecting inequalities, the book proposes that higher education can provide refugees with the possibility of staying put or returning home with dignity. Written by academics based in Canada, Kenya, Somalia and the USA, as well as NGO workers and students from the camps, the book demonstrates how North-South and South-South collaborations are possible and indeed productive.

Changing Higher Education in India

Higher education is vital to India’s future, creating democratic citizens and a modern economy, building communities and cities and conducting research the country needs to continue its advance. Yet, with two thirds of people of India living in rural areas and urban incomes below the world average, in a culturally diverse country, the tragic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and profound problems of regional, social and gender inequalities, higher education faces many challenges. This book brings together experts and emerging researchers from India and the UK to discuss these issues and to explore positive solutions. The team shine the spotlight on financing and funding, governance and regulation, sector organisation and institutional classification, equity and social inclusion, the large and poorly regulated private sector, Union-State relations in higher education, student political activism, and internationalisation.

International Environments and Practices of Higher Education

Examines how the university can contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals

Expands upon the idea of the ‘developmental university’, characterised by porous boundaries with society and community engagement

Includes case studies from various global regions to explore how this model can be revived

International Environments and Practices of Higher Education

Taking forward the notion of the scholar without borders, International Environments and Practices of Higher Education provides a critical review of the teaching practices in higher education in international contexts.

Sticky problems and debates about inclusivity, diversity, and cultural representation in the curriculum and classroom are explored through the eyes of the academics who negotiate complex teaching landscapes either on a temporary or permanent basis. The aspiration for universal nuanced teaching practices which reflect individual and national identities, along with newly emerging global ones that represent virtual academic citizenship that cross geographical and political borders, are presented as a foundation on which to instil borderless higher education.

Higher Education in Market-Oriented Socialist Vietnam New Players, Discourses, and Practices

Covers the broad and comprehensive scope of Higher Education reform in Vietnam

Engages with research work and scholarship from both Vietnamese and international scholars from countries including Vietnam, Australia, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, France, the former Soviet Union, South Africa, the UK, and the US

Identifies changes and emerging discourses about globalisation and internationalisation of Higher Education

English-Medium Instruction and the Internationalization of Universities

Addresses the relationship between EMI and internationalization in the context of university language and teaching policy

Frames EMI policies as both global and local phenomena, from national governments down to the choices and practices of individual teachers

Examines socio-political issues such as global and national citizenship and the identity of HE stakeholders as native/non-native English speakers

Globalisation, Education, and Reform in Brunei Darussalam

First English-language book to present an in-depth overview of the overall education and teacher education systems in Brunei

Presents a comprehensive reference for researchers interested in teacher education, educational policy studies, and international and comparative education in the Asia-Pacific region

Details the major reforms which foreground developments in educational system, teacher training, teaching and learning, and introduction of new specializations in education in Brunei Darussa

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Episode 29: Cultural Lens on U.S. Higher Education: Analyzing International Perceptions of 'Anti-Woke’ Discourse

Dive into a nuanced exploration of the global discourse surrounding higher education in the United States. Join us for a panel discussion with esteemed international educators as we embark on a journey through the lenses of culture and international perspective, examining how global audiences interpret and engage with the ‘anti-woke’ discourse within the context of U.S. higher education. This engaging panel discussion will delve into the intersections of culture, ideology, and education, and the complex landscape of how international audiences perceive the ‘anti-woke’ narrative that has emerged within U.S. academia.

Whether you’re a senior international officer, or simply curious about the diverse viewpoints shaping U.S. higher education, this podcast episode will provide an invaluable space for critical analysis and insightful conversations.

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Fanta Aw is a distinguished leader in international education, renowned for her extensive contributions to global learning, cross-cultural understanding, and educational equity. With a deep commitment to fostering connections between diverse cultures and promoting educational excellence, she has significantly impacted the international education community.

Fanta Aw’s career has been characterized by her dedication to advancing global education initiatives, promoting diversity and inclusion, and nurturing partnerships that transcend borders. She has held influential roles in various organizations, advocating for the importance of international collaboration and learning experiences that empower individuals to navigate an increasingly interconnected world.

As a thought leader and visionary, Fanta Aw’s insights and expertise have shaped discussions on the future of international education, emphasizing the significance of equitable access, cultural exchange, and lifelong learning. Her work has not only elevated institutions but has also inspired countless individuals to embrace the transformative power of global education.

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An experienced global researcher and administrator, Mark Beirn brings a critical approach to risk management, factoring structural racism and identity-based violence into his rubric for supporting equitable global mobility.

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Stephen Appiah-Padi​

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Stephen Appiah-Padi is an international educator with several years of teaching and administrative experience in both 4 and 2-year HEIs. An experienced global education practitioner-scholar, with a demonstrated history of success in the field.

Dr. Appiah-Padi has a Ph.D. from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada in Educational Policy & Administration with a specialization in International/Intercultural Education.

At Northwestern College, he provided oversight in the administration of education abroad and international student services. In Lansing, Michigan, he first oversaw diversity and intercultural education at Lansing Community College, and later created the Center for International and Intercultural Education (CIIE) which merged intercultural engagement and international education programs of the institution, and he became its first director. Additionally, Dr. Appiah-Padi taught a course, “Diversity in the American Workplace”, to undergraduate management students of the College. In his current position, he provides leadership and vision in advancing strategic internationalization initiatives, including international partnerships and study abroad programs at Bucknell University.

Dr Appiah-Padi has created and facilitated several workshops for faculty and staff development in higher education and in business organizations. He has presented at several national and international conferences. In NAFSA, among several volunteer leadership positions, he has served as Dean of the Fundamentals of Intercultural Communication Workshop, the Leadership Development Committee member, Chair of the Africa Special Interest Group, and a Fellow of the Global Fellowship Program for mentoring emerging leaders of internationalization in African HEIs. He currently serves as a member of the NAFSA Board of Directors.

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Rosa Almoguera

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Dr. Rosa Almoguera has worked as an international educator for over twenty years. She was trained as a Hispanic Philologist at the Universidad Complutense, in Madrid, and did her M.A. at the University of Pennsylvania. Her Ph.D., from Universidad Complutense included a field study and edition of written balladry “Romancero”. During many years Rosa combined teaching and her role as a senior administrator at the Fundación Ortega-Marañón in Toledo, Spain. At the Foundation, Rosa directed and, in many cases created, programs for the University of Minnesota, Notre Dame, Princeton, Ohio State, Arcadia, and the University of Chicago. She has also been a visiting professor at the University of Minnesota, University of Portland, and Interamericana de Puerto Rico.

Beginning in 2016, Rosa works as an international education consultant for both public and private European and US higher education institutions. Rosa has been successful in developing new partnerships and programs, as well as helping improve already existing ones.

Rosa is a member of Forum and NAFSA and has presented with higher education professionals on innovative academic and research programming, STEM in study abroad and Nationalism in Europe. Rosa is currently completing the final Professional Certification from the Forum on Education Abroad.

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