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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"branch campuses"”.
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International Branch Campuses
… cultural, and political impact of International Branch Campuses in developing countries. I focused on the financial implications for the host country and examine whether international education providers are helping to enhance students’ core competency levels. I have investigated the advantages …
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Examining The Communication Strategies Utilized During An Organizational Change Within Universities’ Branch Campuses
… sought to understand the lived experiences of branch campus administrators’ perceptions of the communication strategies utilized during a pervasive organizational change. Minimal research has been conducted surrounding the specifics of the communication strategies that have effectively and …
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Sustainability of International Branch Campuses: A Case Study of Management Practices in the Arabian Gulf
… a thorough understanding of how an international branch campus (IBC) in the Arabian Gulf plans to achieve sustainability. My rationale for examining this topic was to help educational administrators in the region gain a better understanding of the factors contributing to the sustainability of …
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Conceptions of Civic and Community Engagement Across Cultures: A Comparative Case Study of U.S. Universities and Their Branch Campuses in Qatar
Despite the global spread of international branch campuses, there is a lack of understanding about how community engagement is conceptualized and practiced in these settings. Most scholarship on community engagement focuses on universities in the U.S. and Europe, with limited attention to how these …
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Exploring the Impact on Students of Western Universities on Foreign Soil: A Case Study of Qatar
The development of branch campuses in higher education is not a new phenomenon. Over the past decades, however, branch campuses have expanded throughout the world as Western universities have begun to deliver their programs and course offerings in countries that expect the West to provide …
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Success and Failure Factors of Foreign Direct Investment in Transnational Education
… is the establishment of international branch campuses (IBC). This method provides the highest level of control but incurs the most risk, and failure can result in irrecoverable damage to reputation and substantial loss of resources. A review of the literature shows that numerous facets …
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Educational Philosophy, Church Proximity, and Academic Standards in Church-Based Theological Education: A Phenomenological Study
… as extension centers, teaching sites, and branch campuses. In a select number of instances, a local church began a seminary under the church's influence and on the church's property. This study investigated these institutions of church-based theological education (CBTE) as a model of …
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A Case Study on Leadership in a Transnational Landscape of Practice
… universities had established transnational branch campuses in this particular country in the Arabian Gulf Region. As such, it was the first identified study of its kind that had been conducted within this situated context. This study had an emphasis on investigating leadership representation …
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Branch Campus Classroom Expectations: An Ethnographic Study of Transnational Faculty and Students in Qatar
… analyzed the teaching and learning dynamic in branch campus classrooms in the Middle East, and fewer still have focused on educational technology. The purpose of this ethnographic study is to examine whether any gaps in expectations between transnational Canadian faculty and students in Qatar …
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Southwest Texas Junior College: Organizational transformation along the border.
… of curriculum and permanent facilities at its branch campuses in Eagle Pass, Del Rio, and Crystal City, increases in its adult basic education programs, increases in its technical training programs, and by increasing its workforce training programs. The college has also increased its regional …
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Reflections from practice using the UK QAA Quality Code as a framework to assist in managing and subsequently closing an international branch campus
… longitudinal live case study of an International Branch Campus The scope of this study relates to learning lessons from the current literature in relation to International Branch Campuses [IBC]. The review of the current literature allowed me to identify risks based on experiences from my fellow …