Chasing internationalization hurricane: challenges and critical perspectives in higher education

Group Submission Type: Formal Panel Session

Proposal

The session presents the emerging challenges and critical perspectives on cross border mobility issues, international student challenges, recruitment initiatives, campus internationalization, and importance of cross-cultural competency and global perspectives. This session provides resource material to benefit educators, policymakers, and staff who work closely with the mobile student population in higher education. The speakers will present a set of critical views about international student mobility globally, student experience, challenges, and programs and policies setting the context for emerging voices.

Sub Unit

• SIG: Study Abroad and International Students (SAIS)

Chair

• Krishna Bista, Morgan State University

Individual Presentations

• Comprehensive internationalization at HBCUs - Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Russell Davis, Morgan State University; Thurman Bridges, Morgan State University; Uttam Gaulee, Morgan State University.; Qimmah Najeeullah, Morgan State University; Marisa Gray, Morgan State University

• From Brain Drain to Reverse Brain Drain: Implications for South Asia and the United States of America - Sara Bano, Michigan State University

• International Student Mobility and the New World Disorder - Marguerite J. Dennis, Board of Trustees of Regent's University London

Discussant

• Ghanashyam Sharma, Stony Brook University