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Kirkegaard, Ane Marie Ørbø; Nat-George, Sisse Mari-Louise Wulff – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2016
This article connects directly to the globalisation of both education and conflict, and attends to the intersection between these phenomena, by focusing on conflict-induced student migration, an area, which has until recently been neglected in studies of higher education and migration, and peace and conflict research. The focus is on the very…
Descriptors: Violence, Migration, Conflict, Foreign Countries
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Bedenlier, Svenja; Zawacki-Richter, Olaf – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2015
Research on internationalization processes in higher education has steadily increased over the past decades. However, there is still a lack of analysis of how these developments have affected higher education and, specifically, the group of academic faculty members. To close this gap, this study explores the effects of internationalization on this…
Descriptors: International Education, College Faculty, Mixed Methods Research, Global Approach
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Mahili, Ifigenia – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2014
Today's corporate world is in a state of flux. The globalisation of business activity and the escalating economic crises force even small/medium enterprises to become international. This impacts on the competitiveness, profitability and survival of organisations, and as a result the companies' recruitment strategies and language policies,…
Descriptors: Greek, Global Approach, Business Communication, Language Usage
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Hasrati, Mostafa; Tavakoli, Parvaneh – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2015
This article reports the results of a mixed-methods approach to investigating the association between globalisation and MATESOL in UK universities. Qualitative and quantitative data collected from academic staff through eight emails, four interviews and 41 questionnaires indicate that the globalised context of higher education has affected these…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Masters Programs
Flores, Kelly A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
To investigate if, and how, curriculum developers are incorporating opportunities to develop global competence into business curricula, the Exploratory Design: Taxonomy Development Model (Qualitative Emphasized) was conducted on top-rated MBA programs. This three-phase mixed methods approach revealed 11 global competencies (or taxonomies) and 84…
Descriptors: Masters Degrees, Business Administration Education, Best Practices, Mixed Methods Research
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers