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Mei Lai – Studies in Higher Education, 2024
This paper focuses on an emerging group in Chinese higher education -- students in transnational higher education (TNHE). Recent research has documented much about students' motivations for attending TNHE institutions. However, the impact of such institutions on student outputs remains under-researched. This study conducted interviews with 78…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Global Approach, Higher Education
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Garcia, Herman S. – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2012
Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) colleges and universities were initiated as an enterprise for investing in the academy as a way to provide opportunities for Latin@ students. However, HSIs in colleges and universities have had measured success in that significant numbers of Latin@ students continue to leave campuses with unfinished business. An…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Hispanic American Students, Educational Opportunities, Organizational Climate
Clyde, Scott – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation employed a critical action research methodology to problematize the University of Idaho's observed failure to successfully integrate nontraditional scholars into its academic culture. This dissertation explores the appropriate role and responsibility of the embedded educational opportunity programs in assisting academic outsiders…
Descriptors: Action Research, Universities, School Culture, Schools of Education
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Gardner, William E.; Libde, Abdalla Abu – Journal of Education for Teaching, 1995
To successfully implement in the United Arab Emirates the generally accepted principles of operation for professional development schools (PDSs), pragmatic modifications are needed to four major aspects of PDSs: the decision-making process; the need to build autonomous institutions; equity and reciprocity between school and university; and the…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Educational Environment