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I currently work as the Assistant Provost for Global Education at Columbia College Chicago. Prior to my position at Columbia College, I worked for seventeen years as Associate Director of International Programs at the Booth School of Business, as Senior Adviser
for International Initiatives in The College and as Assistant Director in the
Office of International Affairs, all at The University of Chicago. I also serve as a Study Abroad Research Consultant for the Center for Global Education at California State University at Dominguez Hills. Additionally, I have taught online for The George Washington University Graduate School of Education and Human Development.
I received my B.A. in Spanish and Latin American
Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, my M.S. in
Family Science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and my Ph.D. in Cultural and Educational Policy Studies, Comparative and International Education from Loyola University Chicago.
The opinions expressed are my own, and they do not
necessarily represent the views or opinions of my employer.
Research digest for practitioners: February 2018
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With the recent online publication of the February 2018 Journal of Studies
in International Education it’s time for another post in the blog series
that ...
Australia Awards welcome new cohort
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Welcome and farewell ceremonies have been held around Australia to
celebrate more than 4,000 Australia Awards have been handed out in 2018.
The post Aust...
Heading to the UK? What to Say (or Not to Say)
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Categories:
Best Of
Traveling
Image:
This past week, I was watching season 6 of *Parks and Rec,* where the
department visits London. One of the character...
Fake News About Viet Nam
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The above photo was taken at a 10 June 2018 demonstration in HCMC against a
bill to create three new special economic zones (SEZs) in Quang Ninh and
Khanh ...
Obama vs. Trump: International student edition
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Former President Barack Obama and current President Donald Trump have
employed vastly different immigration strategies. Obama supporters lauded
him for pas...
Wending My Way Through Wisconsin…
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I am back in Essoyes now, but before it fades from my memory I want to tell
you about the first leg of my trip back here from Minnesota. This was a
road tr...
New Research Blog
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I'm coming up to the end of my contract at Leeds, so it feels like a good
time to make a fresh start with a new (hopefully more frequently updated)
researc...
Irish Cuba URLs
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*The Irish (and Irish Americans) in Cuba*
Many ethnicities contributed to Cuba’s culture and history. Among them
were the Irish who came directly or thro...
Ser o no ser ágiles, tal vez sea esta la cuestión
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Ágil es una de las palabras de moda. Todo el mundo se quiere apuntar a las
metodologías ágiles porque son sinónimo de estar a la vanguardia en el
competiti...
Join the 2018-2019 yPIE Board
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yPIE is recruiting passionate young professionals to join the board for
2018-2019. Vacancies are available on the Communications and the Membership
& Devel...
The College Graduation Challenge
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This New York Times piece below describes the challenge, Farther Foundation
is addressing it. Our students are attending college at a 99% rate and
persisti...
Repeat After Me
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When it comes to telling stories about study abroad, repetition is a
good thing.Photo by Ján Jakub Naništa on Unsplash
Our goal at *Via *TRM is to engage #...
September 2017 – New Resources
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ACE has added several new resources to the INCI site. Under Comprehensive
Internationalization – “Mapping Internationalization on U.S. Campuses –
2017 Repo...
Reclaiming university autonomy
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UNIVERSITY autonomy is again back on the front burner. Ideas and Yayasan
Sime Darby will be hosting next week the National Higher Education
Conference 20...
Students Experience Bridger Bowl Ski Day
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Have you ever experienced downhill skiing in Montana? It is a great sport!
Recently a group of 12 international students from Korea, Turkey, and China
vent...
On diversity as a resource for learning
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Is it exploitative to view international students as a learning resource
for home students? There is in my view a problematic tension inherent in
the conce...
Deciding what to wear in another culture
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Over the years I have sometimes wondered: Sneakers or leather walking shoes
for my European travels? Maybe I don’t want my shoes to announce that I’m
from ...
International Higher Ed in facts and figures
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“Universities UK and the International Unit have collaborated to produce
their annual overview of key statistics about international students and
Higher Ed...
The Wonder of Google
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By Yves Salomon-Fernandez It’s not every day that I get to have this type
of a mesmerizing experience through the course of my work. Of course
students rea...
Sustainable Population through Immigration
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Current events in the news sees significant international movements or
migration of people for various reasons, pull and push factors etc..
However, be ca...
First-Year Retention Rates
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First-year retention rates measure the percent of first-year undergraduate
students who return for their second y...
Congressional Internships – Ideal Building Blocks
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In Working World, Mark and I discuss the importance of having “building
blocks” on your resume. These are experiences that show you have survived a
rigorou...
Student Perspective: 23 days of change
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Jackie Jorgensen, the Eagles Abroad marketing intern, writes: I never knew
23 days could change my life; in just 23 days my perspective on this world
was g...
Factors in International Student Decision Making
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International students might come from far and wide but they mostly have
the same expectations for the schools that they apply to. Prospective
students r...
Realignments in International Education
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In my final blog on the Sage Handbook of international Higher Education, I
thought it appropriate to review some of the concluding themes in the
volume’s f...
Office Situation Update/2012 Holiday Schedule
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I am pleased to announce that our office is fully operational again.
Regarding our holiday schedule: Please note that Global Current will be
closed from Mo...
Exploring SKY, LIGHT, PEACE and DUSK in Kyoto
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I’ve been in Kyoto, Japan for about two weeks now. This place is magical!
Little did I know that autumn is one of the most beautiful times of year,
with th...
How To Avoid Becoming a Pseudo Global Citizen
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A university official running global programs lamented in his blog that
global citizenship, a term that is meant to convey concern for global
social justic...
Interviewed about being an International Education Blogger
During the NAFSA: Association of International Educators conference in Washington D.C. (May 2009) I was interviewed on video by Ruth Marie Sylte of Manitou Heights (Conversations about Crossing Cultures and Bridging Divides in the Information Age) about being a blogger. Here is our conversation:
I want to thank Ruth Marie Sylte for making and posting my first and only video to YouTube! You can view Manitou Heights YouTube channel here.
