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Grasset, Cristina – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This research examined the cases of three diverse Spanish universities, making inferences about the factors influencing the internationalization processes of higher education institutions in response to the broader forces of globalization. Data were collected from a panel of experts and multiple public and institutional sources utilizing a mixed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Global Approach, Universities
Chang, Mi-Kyoung – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study explores cultural representations and cultural adaptations made by translators in translated children's picture books. This study has two focuses. In the first part of this study, which is a critical content analysis, I examine the cultural representations depicted in Korean-to-English and English-to-Korean translated picture books,…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Korean, Sex Stereotypes, Picture Books
Khan, Shabnam Syed – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This hermeneutically crafted qualitative study examines how six university-educated middle-class Pakistani Muslim women negotiate the competing expectations of traditional Muslim culture and the emancipated ethos of the university. It uses Robert Kegan's constructive-developmental theory, whose Subject-Object scoring system distinguishes a…
Descriptors: Muslims, Females, Educational Practices, Scoring
Villegas, Malia Maya – ProQuest LLC, 2010
With this thesis, I present a case study of the effort to graduate 500 "Maori" doctorates in five years in New Zealand in order to advance our understanding of a successful Indigenous higher education initiative. By paying careful attention to contextual factors, I describe the theoretical and practical significance of this effort and…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Higher Education, Participant Observation, Alaska Natives