Planning, legitimacy, and sustainability in international branch campuses

• In Event: Roundtable Session (Tuesday VI)

Group Submission Type: Refereed Round-Table Session

Proposal

An international branch campus (IBC) can strengthen existing academic networks and business relationships, promote greater intercultural awareness, and open new opportunities for innovative research. Despite their continued popularity, however, such partnerships are plagued by poor planning, sustainability problems, and legitimacy concerns. This session tackles these three issues, in turn, through 1) an empirical investigation of UNLV Singapore that critiques the factors behind institutional closure and offers an alternative planning model; 2) a philosophical paper that conceptualizes how a charter with society can enhance an IBC’s legitimacy; and 3) a theoretical paper that considers how long-term sustainability can be maintained.

Sub Unit

• SIG: Higher Education

Individual Presentations

• The Case of UNLV Singapore: Lessons Learned from an International Branch Campus Closure - Jennifer S Weinman, University of the Pacific

• The International Branch Campus 2.0: Developing a Charter between the Home Institution and the Host Country - Melody Su, University of Southern California

• Long-Term Sustainability in International Branch Campuses - Michael Lanford, University of Southern California

• Bringing the Mountain to Mohammed: Problematizing International Branch Campuses - Lauren E Clarke, Sampoerna University; (NFN) Soepriyatna, Sampoerna University