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Leveraging Education Abroad for Student Career Development & Employability
Category: Equal Access to Ed Abroad
Separate And Unequal Access to Higher Education & Impact on Equal Access to International Education
This report in the Chronicle of Higher Education http://chronicle.com/blogs/conversation/2013/08/01/how-to-fight-growing-economic-and-racial-segregation-in-higher-ed/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en is very troubling to me. During the recession, I’ve had increasing concerns about the longstanding issue of unequal access to international educational experiences on campuses. We used to refer to this as a need to focus… Continue Reading “Separate And Unequal Access to Higher Education & Impact on Equal Access to International Education”
NAFSA: A Global Commons & The Growing Inequality of Access to International Education
It’s the week after the world’s largest gathering of international educators in St. Louis, MO. Over 8,500 professionals -representing academic institutions and both for-profit and nonprofit organizations – and supporting businesses from 100 nations spent a week sharing insights, research and creative new program… Continue Reading “NAFSA: A Global Commons & The Growing Inequality of Access to International Education”
Employability, Education Abroad & False Choices
According to data collected from the International Institute of Education (IIE), only 274,000 students out of more than 20 million enrolled in post-secondary education studied abroad in 2010-11. Read that statistic again. I decided to take a step back to consider whom we are… Continue Reading “Employability, Education Abroad & False Choices”
On Developing Ethical Inter-Institutional Linkages
This is an exceptionally honest account in the CHE Worldwise [http://chronicle.com/blogs/worldwise/building-partnerships-in-an-unequal-world/29699?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en] – from the perspective of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of research, innovation, and advancement at the University of Johannesburg – of the practice of Western academic institutions seeking to further internationalization of their campuses… Continue Reading “On Developing Ethical Inter-Institutional Linkages”
On equal access to college & employment opportunity
Why write about the fact that white births are falling behind those of non-whites in the U.S.? http://chronicle.com/blogs/headcount/white-births-no-longer-a-majority-in-u-s/30154?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en I’m afraid the inequality of public education at the K-12 level for poor youths of color has, and will continue to, impact their attainment of further… Continue Reading “On equal access to college & employment opportunity”
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