Educational Leadership & Higher Education Department

The 2024 WES-CIHE proceedings are out with research from across the world! The proceedings examine critical disruptions in higher education through national policies, student experiences, and institutional transformations. ?? Read the Foreward from Esther T. Benjamin, Rebecca Schendel, and Gerardo Blanco and discover regional insights: ???? Hungary's shifting internationalization policies ???? ???? ???? English-medium instruction in East Asia ???? Bangladesh's admission policy challenges ???? South Africa's access challenges ???? India's institutional responses to gender-based violence ???? Nepal's social capital impact on Dalit student access ???? Ecuador's 40-year higher education evolution ???? International students at UK universities ...and more! ?? Want to join these emerging scholars? Submit to WES-CIHE 2025 by December 1st! ?? Apply for 2025: https://lnkd.in/eP_cjc2D ?? Download the proceedings: https://lnkd.in/e4nffM5H Thank you to the contributors to this year's proceedings: ?? Sainbayar Gundsambuu, Elena Klimkina, and Lorena Araujo Silva share research on national policies. ?? Nannan Lu 卢楠楠, Yilan Guo, Luman Zhou, Diyah Rachmawati Tohari, and Daian Huang share research on international students. ?? Nazmuzzaman Shifat, Takudzwa Mutize, PhD, Khem Sedhai, and Ruchi Saini, Ph.D. share research on domestic students. ?? Hanan Abu Salih M.S., Alexander Nichols, and Dr Jess Pilgrim-Brown share research on faculty and staff. From challenging admission barriers to exposing institutional inequities, this new generation of scholars is shaping the future of research in our field. #InternationalEducation #HigherEd #GlobalEducation #IEW2024 #IntlEd

?? ?????????????? ?????????? ?? ???????????? ???? ???????????? ??????????????????? Watch the recent info session about Boston College’s Master of Arts (M.A.) in Higher Education program! Discover how the program prepares graduates for impactful roles across U.S. and global institutions, with a strong foundation in internationalization, global student mobility, and diverse educational frameworks. ?? Watch the info session ???? https://bit.ly/490nlcY ??? Priority Deadline: December 1st

Earlier this week, several of our M.A. in Higher Education students had the opportunity to attend the annual NASPA Region 1 conference in Burlington, VT! We love to see our students actively engaging in professional development and making the most of the many opportunities available to them. We are inspired by their growth as they soar into the field of Higher Education!

Incredible Lunch & Learn today with Sarah Kim on the topic of serving our #undocumentedstudents as they consider their career paths. The Educational Leadership & Higher Education Department has some incredibly talented alums and thank you to Sarah for sharing your expertise with our community. If YOU are an ELHE alum who wants to return to campus - let's connect! #HigherEd #StudentAffairs #NurtureYourNetwork

Reach new heights with a funded M.A. in Higher Education??? Assistantships are an integral part of the Master's in Higher Education program at Boston College. Our curriculum draws on meaningful work experiences to build a foundational knowledge about today’s global higher education landscape! All M.A. students are considered for assistantships, which are paid positions at offices across our campus and colleges in the Boston area. Learn more about assistantships below! Applications for the M.A. in Higher Education program are now open! Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/e_D85gHD

?? ?????????????? ?????????? ?? ???????????? ???? ???????????? ??????????????????? Watch the recent info session about Boston College’s Master of Arts (M.A.) in Higher Education program! Discover how the program prepares graduates for impactful roles across U.S. and global institutions, with a strong foundation in internationalization, global student mobility, and diverse educational frameworks. ?? Watch the info session ???? https://lnkd.in/eDiD3XFY ??? Priority Deadline: December 1st ????Apply by the deadline to be considered for our February admitted student Interview Days. ?? Learn more about the program: https://lnkd.in/eAkbk5-3 #HigherEd #InternationalEducation #GraduateStudies #BostonCollege

Join us November 14th at 12:00 p.m. EDT for a special IE30: Postelection Town Hall. Panelists will discuss the outcome of the U.S. elections and the potential impact on the international education community. More details and speakers to come. Register below to add this event to your calendar!

We are proud to offer a plethora of funded assistantships to all students pursuing postgraduate degrees in Higher Education at Boston College. Share your thoughts on the integration of practical field work into the curriculum below!

Congratulations to our first year M.A. in Higher Ed students for completing their first semester of Field Experience with Dr. Laura De Veau and Angela Richard, M.Ed.! The course provides the framework for the program in which students can lean into strengths by thoroughly engaging in their Field Experience. As Dr. De Veau says, “It’s more than an internship, it allows students to begin to define themselves as scholars of the practice."

We are thrilled to share that the Educational Leadership & Higher Education department will have a strong presence at the 2024 ASHE General Conference in Minneapolis! Our faculty, students, and alumni will be sharing their expertise through 17 presentations across a range of topics. We are proud to showcase the innovative work of our community. 1. 'Higher education in prison in international contexts: A comparative analysis of five countries' Presenters: Marisa Lally & Patrick Conway (alum) 2. 'Emerging Hispanic-Serving Institutions: A Systematic Literature Review of a Decade of Research' Presenter: Ishara Casellas Connors (alum) 3. 'Beyond Borders and Transformative Journeys: Exploring Time, Global Mobility, and Pedagogy in international Higher Education' Presenters: Chris Glass & Ekaterina Minaeva (faculty, student) 4. 'Ecologies of emergingness: Institutions, state systems, and emerging Hispanic-Serving Institution administrators' Presenter: Ishara Casellas Connors (alum) 5. 'The Role of Counselor Recommendation Letters in the Holistic Admissions Process' Presenters: Heather Rowan-Kenyon, Stephanie Carroll, Ryan Creps, MBA, Luke Brown, Mandy Savitz-Romer (faculty, student, alum) 6. 'Leveraging the Grace Period: Developing a Student Loan Repayment Curricular Intervention' Presenter: Jonathan Lewis (alum) 7. '“Work of the Heart”: Lived Experiences of Undocumented Student Resource Center Professionals' Presenter: Natalie Borg (alum) 8. '“Hopefully This Thing Is Legit:” Student Experiences of Administrative Burden with a Promise Program' Presenter: Sasha Smith (student) 9. 'A Quantitative Analysis of Organizational Conformity in Sororities and Fraternities: Understanding Influences on “Fitting In”' Presenter: Adam McCready (alum) 10. 'Has “Better FAFSA” been better or worse? A study of student and stakeholders’ experience with the 24-25 FAFSA' Presenter: Jonathan Lewis (alum) 11. 'Leadership Development During College: A Longitudinal Quantitative Study of Sorority Women' Presenter: Adam McCready (alum) 12. 'Academic Migrants in Liminal Space: A Narrative Inquiry of International STEM Postdocs’ Lived Experiences' Presenters: Bingran Zeng & Marisa Lally (student, alum) 13. 'Examining Latinx PhD students' experiences using a bioecological lens' Presenter: Venus Israni, PhD Israni (alum) 14. '“Treat people with dignity and respect”: HEI administrators and refugee policy' Presenters: Ishara Casellas Connors & Lisa Unangst (alum) 15. 'Developing a Sense of Belonging in Computer Science Through Curricular and Supplemental Education Experiences' Presenters: Shadman Islem, Bingran Zeng, Ryan Creps , Angela Boatman, Heather Rowan-Kenyon (student, faculty) 16. 'ASHE Presidential Commission on Artificial Intelligence: A Community Conversation' Presenter: Chris Glass (faculty) 17. 'Internationalization for A Sustainable and Equitable Future' Presenters: Bingran Zeng, Maia Gelashvili, Ekaterina Minaeva, Gerardo Blanco (student, faculty)