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My name is Daneille Grant this is my third semester in the HEA program here at Baruch. I graduated from SUNY College at Old Westbury with a BA in Psychology. It was during my undergraduate career that I discovered Higher Education/ Student Affairs as a profession. Thanks to my undergrad and a few mentors I was able to attend the NASPA conference for two years which helped me realize this was truly an area I wanted to work in. While taking my classes at Baruch I realized that I wanted to work with the Freshman Experience, focusing primarily on First Generation College Students, seeing that I am First Gen myself, I believe that I could use my background and the knowledge I have gained throughout undergraduate and graduate careers to foster a comfortable environment for other First Gen students. I currently work for CUNY Central in the Office of University Registrar as a Student Records Assistant. Upon the completion of my degree I hope to go on to more lucrative positions within Higher Ed.
The articles opened my eyes to internationalization within American institutes of higher education. With America boasting to the best in the world in terms of many things, including education, it is no surprise that people would want to attend schools on American soil for whatever reasoning. Often time people can come to the states having received degrees from reputable institutions in their country, but not be accepted her because the education is “not equivalent” to that offered in the states, forcing people to live below their means, people who were considered doctors lawyers in their home countries not allowed to practice here, having to start over.
In the Altbach article, international education is used to show globalization, this can be used to show progress of education, the access to study aboard, and having the option to attend college/university anywhere in the world, is proof of how far we as a people have come in the world. Study aboard serves to attract many students to a country, it can foster diversity, raise revenue, and is also promotion of the country and the host institution. Online classes might have thought to be beneficial in this accept, but as pointed out in the Oxford article, although Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) give a wider range for students who may not be able to physically or financially be able to do study aboard or leave their countries, a 2013 study revealed that students often times do not complete these online courses, there could be a wide range of reasons for this.
In the Green article, the use of the IAU survey shows exactly how America feels about internationalization. In the states, we have less of a focus on internationalization when compared to other nations globally, which could be correlated to the thought that “America is the leading nation in….” just about everything, supposedly. People within the US face difficulty completing college, it’s no surprise that people not born here would be faced with the same difficulties and that would threaten retention and graduation rates in a nation every college compete against each other to be “Number 1” these students may not be accepted with open arms.
America is a melting pot, and attract many immigrants to its shores for many reasons, education is a large part of life itself, America needs to reevaluate its stance on internationalization. Education on American soil is a multi-billion dollar industry, to calm you are the best in the world, but cannot or refusal to accommodate students globally is primitive.