Centering DEI in Study Abroad Curriculum and Design Apr 28, 2025This article explores how integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) with international education (IE) can enhance study abroad experiences. By combining DEI’s focus on identity-based inequalities with IE’s global perspective, students can become more responsible global citizens and allies.
“BUT WE CAN’T CHANGE THE PAST, NOW CAN WE?” Apr 28, 2025This article explores how decolonizing the curriculum, even in contexts like Scandinavia where colonial legacies are often overlooked, demands a critical rethinking of whose voices are centered, how knowledge is curated, and who the university ultimately serves.
Creating Inclusive Curricula in Study Abroad Apr 28, 2025This article explores the urgent need for inclusive study abroad programs that avoid neo-colonialist models, foregrounding marginalized voices and fostering critical intercultural learning across disciplines.
Responding in kind: Reflecting and engaging the nimbleness of Generation Z Apr 28, 2025As higher education moves into a new era, education abroad professionals must embrace nimbleness to meet the evolving needs of Generation Z. Shaped by global crises and rapid change, Gen Z demands innovative, flexible approaches to intercultural learning. This article explores how intentional, nimble program design can create more inclusive, impactful international experiences for the future.
Beyond Borders: Cultivating Global Education Experiences for Immigrant Students Apr 28, 2025The pandemic reshaped international education, opening new opportunities through virtual global programs that increase access for immigrant and undocumented students. This article explores best practices for building inclusive virtual experiences that align with high-impact educational models.
A Pedagogy of Inclusion Designed to Empower Global Ambassadors of Positive Change Apr 28, 2025The Interdisciplinary Global Programs (IGP) at NAU integrate anti-racist frameworks into global education, combining accessibility, rigorous curriculum, and targeted programming. By developing key global competencies, IGP empowers students to critically engage with complex social structures across cultures. Learn how IGP’s Pedagogy of Inclusion is preparing students for the demands of a rapidly changing world.
Developing a Globalized Localism Model and Practice for Social Justice Apr 28, 2025Often, local and global efforts in international education are seen as separate, as if they exist at opposite ends of a spectrum. However, we believe these efforts should be integrated, merging the local with the global, theory with practice, and pedagogical models with real-world applications.
How Necessity Creates Opportunity: Equalizing Transnational Higher Education Apr 28, 2025This article explores the potential of transnational partnerships in higher education to increase access and equity in international education, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. It emphasizes the transformative opportunities these partnerships create for both students and institutions, including deeper academic and cultural exchanges, particularly for students who traditionally lack access to study abroad programs.
‘Connecting Globally while Grounded at Home’: The ASC Experience Apr 28, 2025This article discusses Agnes Scott College’s creative approach to maintaining global learning opportunities during the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically through a virtual global cultural immersion program.
Transatlantic Virtual Exchange and Collaboration: Examining Diversity Apr 28, 2025This article highlights the Trans-Atlantic Virtual Exchange and Collaboration (TAVEC) project, a partnership between Hochschule Fresenius in Germany and Adelphi University in the United States that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic. The collaboration aimed to offer students opportunities for intercultural exchange while physical mobility was restricted. Business school students from both institutions worked together to research and compare the cultural, historical, and legal aspects of diversity in their countries.
