This book provides distinctive analysis of the full range of expressions in global education at a crucial time, when international competition rises, tensions with American foreign policy both complicate and motivate new activity, and a variety of innovations are taking shape. Citing best practices at a variety of institutions, the book provides practical coverage and guidance in the major aspects of global education, including curriculum, study abroad, international students, collaborations and branch campuses, while dealing as well with management issues and options. The book is intended to guide academic administrators and students in higher education, at a point when international education issues increasingly impinge on all aspects of college or university operation. The book deals as well with core principles that must guide global educational endeavors, and with problems and issues in the field in general as well as in specific functional areas. Challenges of assessment also win attention. Higher education professionals will find that this book serves as a manageable and provocative guide, in one of the most challenging and exciting areas of American higher education today.

About the Author

Peter N. Stearns is Provost and Professor of History at George Mason University. He has taught at Harvard, the University of Chicago, Rutgers, and Carnegie Mellon. He has published widely and, under his leadership, George Mason was awarded the 2006 Andrew Heiskell Award for Innovation in International Education.

Reviews

Gerald Fry, (University of Minnesota, Department of Educational Policy and Administration) Areas of specialty, International and Intercultural education, education and development

"As a provost who has overseen international programming, he is certainly keenly aware of higher education policy issues around globalization and international education"

"We are thinking about starting a new on-line graduate program in international education. We would definitely consider a broad book of this type for adoption."

"Educating Global Citizens in Colleges and Universities is timely given the ever-growing complexities of our world...its contents set forth thought provoking ideas to continue conversations at a local level. Higher education administrators will benefit from Stearns's practical advice."--Jennifer D. Shea, Education Review, December 2009

Book Information
ISBN 9780415990240
Author Peter N. Stearns
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 750g