Rethinking Education Across Borders

Dr. Uttam Gaulee is an edupreneur currently serving as president of the STAR Scholars Network, an international forum for researchers intended to advance global social mobility. His experience spans multiple functional areas in international higher education, student development, public policy, and multiculturalism. His research interests include community college systems, development education, and diaspora studies, along with interdisciplinary perspectives on education policy, global citizenship, and cross-cultural issues in international development and geopolitics. Currently serving as an Associate Professor at the Community College Leadership Doctoral Program, Morgan State University, Dr. Gaulee is an advocate of the idea of community colleges as vehicles for social progress and economic development in and beyond the US. His most recent book was Global Adaptations of Community College Infrastructure (IGI Global, 2018). Dr. Shyam Sharma isan Associate Professor of Writing and Rhetoric who teaches at the State University of New York, Stony Brook, USA. His research and publications, which have appeared in flagship venues for Writing Studies, focus on writing in the disciplines, international students and education, cross-cultural rhetoric and communication, and new media. His latest book was Writing Support for International Graduate Students (Routledge, 2018).Dr. Krishna Bista is an Associate Professor of Higher Education at Morgan State University, where his research focuses on college students’ experiences concerning classroom participation, perceptions of academic integrity, faculty-student relationships, the role of advisors, and cross-cultural teaching and learning strategies in higher education. Dr. Bista is the founding editor of the Journal of International Students, a quarterly publication on international education. His latest book was Global Perspectives on International Student Experiences in Higher Education (Routledge, 2018).

• Part I Rethinking Practice.- 1 Rethinking Education in a Changing World: Emerging Issues and Critical Insights.- 2 Rethinking Education in a Changing World: Emerging Issues and Critical Insights.- 3 Beyond the Curtains- Global Refugee Crisis and Gaps in Graduate Enrollment: Exploring Challenges and Possibilities.- 4 The Accessibility of Global Mobility for Disabled Students.- 5 Rethinking Borders: Mobility Learning Participation in the Anglo-Saxon Model of Higher Education in Albania.- Part II Dimensions for Rethinking.- 6 What Motivates International Students for Higher Education: Insight from an International College in Thailand.- 7 Educational Mobility in the Global South – A Study of African Students in China.- 8 Re-imaging globally mobile Chinese students: Political subjects in the making.- Part III Decentering Mobility: Political Perspectives.- 9 PUENTES Program: An Institutional Response Claiming for Bridges in a Time of Trumpeting Walls.- 10 Opening Doors to Foreign Students: An Insight into History of US Government’s Stance on International Students.- 11 International Student Wellbeing and the Influence of Politics.- Part IV Decentering: Diversifying Perspectives for Internationalization.- 12 Repatriation of Kurdish students and adjustment issues.- 13 Go Places: Examining the Academic Returns to Study Abroad.- 14 The Sojourner’s Return: Narratives on the Re-entry Experience.- 15 Re-imagining international doctoral students as diasporic academics.- Part IV Rethinking Perspectives to Rethinking Practices.- 16 International Students and their Academic Experiences: Student Satisfaction, Student Success Challenges, and Promising Teaching Practices.- 17 Towards building intercultural competence for Greek and International  Erasmus students.- 18 Acculturation and Well-being among International Students: Challenges and Opportunities.- 19 International Students’ Sense of Belonging and Connectedness with US Students: A Qualitative Inquiry.