{"title":"Knowledge Diplomacy in Small Culture Observations","authors":"Wei Liu","doi":"10.32674/jcihe.v16i1.5308","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32674/jcihe.v16i1.5308","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Knowledge diplomacy has gained increasing traction as a goal for global higher education. Given its current construction, knowledge diplomacy has a focus on the role of higher education institutions in building formal global connectivity for common global good. This position paper argues for the inclusion of students’ education abroad programming as an important part of knowledge diplomacy for its individual and informal contribution to improving international relations and intercultural understanding. To achieve knowledge diplomacy through education abroad experiences, international educators need to guide students in small culture observations overseas as a mechanism to break down cultural stereotyping and to build cultural appreciation. \u0000","PeriodicalId":273956,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education","volume":" 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140214058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hitting the Ground Running: Helping International Postgraduate Students to Succeed in Higher Education","authors":"Maureen D Rhoden, Francia Kinchington","doi":"10.32674/jcihe.v16i1.4886","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32674/jcihe.v16i1.4886","url":null,"abstract":"This essay examines potential barriers to the academic success of international master’s students studying in higher education in the UK and identifies key elements that draw together university policy and culture and classroom practice to enable this group of students to ‘hit the ground running’. These barriers are viewed through the lens of academic shock and academic integrity. Key themes are discussed including the importance of factors such as language barriers, misunderstandings, and anxiety, as well as the importance of providing clear definitions of what constitutes academic integrity violations in UK universities. The timeframe of one academic year, in which full-time international master’s students are required to acquire new knowledge and skills often impedes the successful completion of early assignments set during their first term. Solutions for addressing these barriers are proposed and aimed at supporting the achievement of international master’s students.","PeriodicalId":273956,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education","volume":" 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140215416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The graduating international undergraduate class of 2020—Counterintuitive graduation rate and time to degree during onset of the coronavirus pandemic","authors":"Barry Fass-Holmes","doi":"10.32674/jcihe.v16i1.5349","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32674/jcihe.v16i1.5349","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000\u0000What were the graduation rate and time to degree for international undergraduates who would have been expected to graduate during the coronavirus pandemic’s onset in spring 2020? The present study addressed this question by testing for intergroup differences in graduation outcomes between an American public university’s international undergraduate class of 2020 and its pre-pandemic comparison counterpart of 2019. Controlling for early (pre-pandemic) graduations, the study yielded counterintuitive results; although the literature on the pandemic’s educational disruptions, mental health symptoms, xenophobia, and stressors would predict that the class of 2020’s graduation rate should have been lower and average time to degree longer than the class of 2019’s, the two classes’ values were almost identical. These results, together with previous ones on term grade point averages, are indicative of this class of 2020’s academic success, resilience, and/or benefit from institutional support. They are discussed in the context of racism and caste.\u0000\u0000","PeriodicalId":273956,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education","volume":" 45","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140213169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Qualitative Content Analysis for Enhancing Intercultural Sensitivity in Cross-Cultural Management","authors":"Xin Li, P. Longpradit","doi":"10.32674/jcihe.v16i1.4977","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32674/jcihe.v16i1.4977","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents the intercultural sensitivity improvement in cross-cultural management by qualitative content analysis, by collecting journals published during the year 2015-2020, to sort out the contents of cross-cultural management in the area of intercultural sensitivity of intercultural education. Findings indicate that six categories with thirteen sub-categories of collected materials, which consisted of teaching pedagogies (formal, non-formal, and informal education), symptoms of negative feelings, reasons of negative feelings (self and others), motivations, solutions (self and agencies), and results of solutions. The guideline proposed emphasizes for the process based on these findings, suggests management to assess teaching environments, recognize and approve students’ requirements, narrow cultural gaps, and judge the final objectives fulfillments. With this discovery, future literature reviews can utilize it as reference in the field of cross-cultural management.","PeriodicalId":273956,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education","volume":" 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140219401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Digital Turn in Higher Education: An Examination of Enablers and Inhibitors in the Turkish Context","authors":"Oğuzhan Bozoğlu","doi":"10.32674/jcihe.v16i1.5366","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32674/jcihe.v16i1.5366","url":null,"abstract":"By qualitatively analyzing the case of a higher education unit and reflecting upon its experience of digitalization, the current study attempts to gain insights into how and to what extent digitalization takes place, and what factors facilitate/hinder digitalization efforts in the Turkish context. Data for the present study were collected through individual semi-structured interviews and focus groups. An inductive thematic analysis was employed to identify emerging themes within the data. The findings indicate that there have been both intraorganizational and top-down initiatives towards digitalization, though the latter seems to have failed in addressing intraorganizational needs and priorities. The findings also suggest that the factors that have contributed positively to digitalization are the instructors’ personal interests and availability of many digital tools. However, negative student attitude towards digital tools, problems with online assessments, failure to initiate and maintain a strategic organizational approach towards digitalization and faculty’s reluctance to step outside their comfort zone significantly hinder digitalization.","PeriodicalId":273956,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education","volume":" 47","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140211691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Pandemic of Covid-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean Higher Education: An Invitation to Remember and Reflect into the Future","authors":"Pilar Mendoza, Santiago Castiello-Gutiérrez","doi":"10.32674/jcihe.v16i1.6536","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32674/jcihe.v16i1.6536","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":273956,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education","volume":" 18","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140216272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"International Postgraduate Students’ Lived Experiences of Academic, Psychological and Sociocultural Adjustment During the COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"A. Schartner, Yao Wang","doi":"10.32674/jcihe.v16i1.5309","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32674/jcihe.v16i1.5309","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000This in-depth qualitative study investigated how international students experienced academic, psychological and sociocultural adjustment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Whilst a burgeoning body of research examines the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on international students, few studies foreground students’ lived experiences. This study gathered data through semi-structured interviews with 30 international postgraduate students who undertook degree programs at British universities in 20-21. A thematic analysis revealed that COVID-19-related stressors negatively impacted students’ psychological adjustment and led to a sense of isolation and detachment from the host environment, with students reporting difficulties in instigating and maintaining social ties. Experiences of academic adjustment were nuanced, with findings suggesting that the pandemic acted as either a barrier or facilitator of adjustment, depending on the students’ personal circumstances. With global epidemics increasingly likely, the findings from this study can support higher education institutions in developing institutional policies on how to support their international students in times of global health crises. \u0000","PeriodicalId":273956,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education","volume":" 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140216845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: Constructing Student Mobility","authors":"Hyungwoo Jo","doi":"10.32674/jcihe.v16i1.6281","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32674/jcihe.v16i1.6281","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p>N/A</jats:p>","PeriodicalId":273956,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education","volume":" 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140216965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"JCIHE Vol. 16 Issue 1 Introduction","authors":"R. Raby","doi":"10.32674/jcihe.v16i1.6641","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32674/jcihe.v16i1.6641","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":273956,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education","volume":" 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140217235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Movilidad académica internacional: las voces del estudiantado de posgrado (in)móvil en México","authors":"Isabel Izquierdo, Argelia Ramírez, N. Cárdenas","doi":"10.32674/jcihe.v16i1.5417","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32674/jcihe.v16i1.5417","url":null,"abstract":"El objetivo del estudio fue conocer las tensiones que enfrenta el estudiantado de posgrado internacional en contexto de pandemia en México, analizando las estrategias o acciones que pusieron en marcha, así como algunos desafíos. Se realizó un estudio exploratorio de corte cualitativo. Se usó el método biográfico a través de los relatos de vida y se realizaron entrevistas semi estructuradas a un grupo de estudiantes de posgrado provenientes de América Latina y el Caribe. Se destaca como tensión, la imposibilidad de vivir una internacionalización presencial. Entre las estrategias que implementaron, se encuentra el acondicionamiento de espacios para trabajar, la autoorganización de la vida familiar, la creación de redes y las prácticas de autocuidado de la salud. Se identificó que la mayor preocupación de todos, es su futuro académico y laboral, ambos desafíos, con o sin pandemia, están latentes. Debido a la pandemia, se advierte a la virtualidad como una posibilidad que los/as estudiantes internacionales pueden aprovechar para generar nuevas oportunidades tanto en lo académico como en lo profesional, en donde quiera que se encuentren.","PeriodicalId":273956,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education","volume":" 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140216774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}