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A DESCRIPTIVE FRAMEWORK OF UNDERGRADUATE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT PROGRAMMING AT NOT-FOR-PROFIT HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN OHIO

Kimak, Damon J
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1058-6079
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1594391794262131

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2020, PHD, Kent State University, College of Education, Health and Human Services / School of Foundations, Leadership and Administration.
The goal of this dissertation was to understand how undergraduate international student programming and institutional internationalization policy functioned at not for profit higher education institutions in Ohio. This was accomplished by examining, across institutional types, five programmatic characteristics: availability, physical location, institutional hierarchy, management structure, and collaboration. This study utilized an online survey to gather descriptive statistical data about programs and institutions. A non-experimental quantitative approach was used as it best fit the exploratory nature of the study. The data were collected using a Qualtrics survey and analyzed with SPSS software. Seven characteristics of undergraduate international student programming emerged from this study: (a) the most common programs were international student orientation, tutoring, counseling, and ESL programs; (b) most of the programs identified supported both undergraduate domestic and international students, with the exception of ESL and orientation programs; (c) programs were most likely to be centrally located in either an academic or student center building and (d) managed by an administrator; (e) Academic Affairs mostly oversaw academic programs, whereas Student Affairs mostly oversaw student service programs; (f) collaboration took place between programs but more often with offices, departments and programs other than undergraduate international student programs; and (g) institutional type impacted undergraduate international student programming less than actively recruiting international students, planning for internationalization, and monitoring that plan did. This last finding parallels those of leading internationalization researchers such as Knight (2004) and Hudzik (2015), who argued that internationalization needs to be supported to thrive.
Martha Merrill (Committee Chair)
Mark Kretovics (Committee Member)
Jian Li (Other)
490 p.
Education Policy; Higher Education Administration
Higher Education, Undergraduate International Students, International Student Programs, Internationalization, Institutional Policy, Program Management, Academic Services, Student Services, Institutional Hierarchy, Institutional Type

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  • Kimak, D. J. (2020). A DESCRIPTIVE FRAMEWORK OF UNDERGRADUATE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT PROGRAMMING AT NOT-FOR-PROFIT HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN OHIO [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1594391794262131

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kimak, Damon. A DESCRIPTIVE FRAMEWORK OF UNDERGRADUATE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT PROGRAMMING AT NOT-FOR-PROFIT HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN OHIO . 2020. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1594391794262131.

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  • Kimak, Damon. "A DESCRIPTIVE FRAMEWORK OF UNDERGRADUATE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT PROGRAMMING AT NOT-FOR-PROFIT HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN OHIO ." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1594391794262131

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