Purpose: Integrating sustainability into university curricula brings diverse challenges and conflicts as separate units vie for ownership of courses and topics. This case study presents a six dimensions sustainability framework developed at The Ohio State University to organize curricula under an inclusive strategy. Design/methodology/approach: An…

This research -- which is a work in progress -- examines a critical Thinking curriculum as a specific case of how a curriculum is shaped by mobilities across geographical, linguistic and cultural borders in transnational higher education (TNHE), where English is the medium of instruction. The site of this research is a TNHE institution in a West…

In March 2020, Vietnam's Minister of Finance (MoF) issued Decision 345/QD-BTC, endorsing the adoption of Financial Reporting Standards for full IFRS implementation by 2025. This study, using curriculum implementation theory, examines factors affecting accounting academics' time spent on teaching IFRS. Drawing on the opinions of 198 academics in…

Speculative design is an emerging form of critical material engagement with possible futures. Designers working speculatively call attention to current and future sociotechnical dilemmas, and aim to provoke debate about the moral, political and ethical implications of sociotechnical innovation. Despite the popularity of speculative design and its…

Universities worldwide are tasked with producing employable graduates capable of operating in evolving, complex, and global labour markets. Research into the effectiveness of year-in-industry placements to facilitate such objectives often portrays the dominant actors as students, employers, managers, and (de)centralised placement teams. Framing…

There is an increasing call to include Artificial Intelligence (AI) competencies in academic disciplines such as Public Administration, which are not obviously related to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). However, the literature on the integration of AI in non-STEM curricula in South African higher education institutions…

The purpose of this study is to understand the distinctive aspects of curricular spaces that bring together diverse disciplines by centering the voices of educators, with full recognition that these environments can inspire learning among both students and faculty. We interviewed eight faculty and one administrator from a mid-sized public…

Mental health is an emerging area of interest in sport, but there is a paucity of educational initiatives in sport management curricula to train the next generation of sport managers to address the mental health needs of athletes, a type of knowledge that the mental health literature operationalizes as mental health literacy. One goal of…

The surest way to improve the quality of education for the greatest number of students is through general education, as all students must complete their institution's general education requirements. Unfortunately, the general education programs at too many institutions are poorly designed and fail to give students a coherent grounding in essential…

Top-down strategies for curriculum internationalization (CI) often neglect discipline-specific preferences in content and teaching methods. This limited understanding of how content is prioritized across disciplines makes relying on a single implementation plan impractical. To supplement the few, almost exclusively qualitative, studies on this…

As blockchain technology, along with its convergence to other emerging technologies such as AI and the Internet of Things, shows promising pilot projects across industries, academic institutions are tasked with preparing students for careers in this rapidly evolving field. To address the growing demand for blockchain professionals, specialized…

In Spring of 2023, I developed a special topics course titled "Collection Material Handling" to introduce students to museum management using Utah State University collections on the Logan, UT campus. The cross-listed upper-level course brought 16 USU students together from two disciplines: anthropology and natural sciences. The…

Assuring academic quality against accreditation standards remains a priority for universities worldwide. Whilst academic quality is extensively studied, a gap exists in how universities approach the challenge of meeting 'one-size-fits-all' standards. This article discusses how an Australian university integrated the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle…

With the heavy focus institutions place on the content mastery of undergraduate STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) students, qualitative skillsets equally important to the future success of STEM students, namely perspective-taking (PT), are being left at the wayside. In response, this essay will highlight reasons PT should be included…

This qualitative study, using the framework of legitimate peripheral participation, examines the ways in which learning experiences in Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) programs foster cadet transition to full participation for 20 cadets in one battalion. Although existing scholarship details the transitions of service members and veterans out…