CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS
Proposal Submission Deadline: November 30, 2014
International Student Mobility, Services, and Policy in Higher Education
A book edited by
Dr. Krishna Bista (University of Louisiana
at Monroe, USA)
Dr. Charlotte Foster (Missouri Western State University, USA)
To be published by IGI Global: http://bit.ly/1rnmQ4l
Propose a chapter for this book
The Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development (AHEPD) Book Series encompasses all research dealing with higher education pedagogy, development, and curriculum design, as well as all areas of professional development, regardless of focus.
Introduction
International student mobility is currently the fastest growing phenomena in higher education. Today, over four million students cross geographic, cultural, and educational boarders for their higher education. Trends of international student mobility are significant to universities, educators, business leaders, and government to increase revenue and campus diversity in the global marketplace. Educators and policymakers value international students as a potential resource toward campus internationalization in recent decades because of the rapid flows of ideas, technology, languages, information and monetary benefit that they bring with them. Creating an understanding of the issues through thorough research based inquiry behind mobility, use of services and the how higher education policy affects the international student population is critical to effective inclusion of this growing population into university settings. As the international student population becomes more prevalent in the university setting, educators and university policymakers will need researched based strategies in order to effectively engage, support and retain the international students as they participate in higher educational settings.
Objective of the Book
This book provides resource material to benefit educators, policymakers, and staff who work closely with the international student population in higher education. This book offers research-based findings and perspectives into international student mobility trends, campus support services, immigration policy and regulations, and educational issues and challenges that international students face in higher education. This book covers a wide variety of topics including international student experiences with campus support services such as admissions and recruitment services, academic and cultural expectations and experiences, campus participation and belonging, and immigration and legal issues. As a data-driven research resource, this book will offer primary perspectives from international student experiences and perceptions of those experiences as they attended college overseas. The book will also include comparative research concerning the application of current practice in higher education with native and non-native students in order to increase the knowledge base of international student research as the need for such information increases on an international level.
Target Audience
The target audience of this book includes professionals and researchers working as faculty and scholars working with international student populations. Also, offices for international students on university campuses, study abroad and international student advisers, and university staff members as well as libraries and professional organizations may us the book as a research or college reference text in international/comparative education/psychology counseling/student affairs coursework or studies. Policy makers, academicians, researchers, advanced-level students, and government officials may also find this text useful in furthering their research exposure to pertinent topics in international student studies and assisting in furthering their own research efforts in this field.
Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
We welcome original submissions that document the nuances related to international students in higher education. We invite theoretically and empirically informed contributions from varying research traditions across all disciplines.
Topics of interest may include, but are not limited to, the following:
Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before November 30, 2014, a 1,000-2,000 word chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by December 30, 2014 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by March 31, 2015. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.
Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication, International Student Mobility, Services, and Policy in Higher Education. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer review editorial process.
Full chapters may be submitted to this book here: http://bit.ly/1vpxt50
All proposals should be submitted through the link at the bottom of this page.
Publisher
This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), an international academic publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference,” “Business Science Reference,” and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. IGI Global specializes in publishing reference books, scholarly journals, and electronic databases featuring academic research on a variety of innovative topic areas including, but not limited to, education, social science, medicine and healthcare, business and management, information science and technology, engineering, public administration, library and information science, media and communication studies, and environmental science. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2016.
Important Dates
November
30, 2014:
Proposal Submission Deadline
December 30, 2014: Notification of Acceptance
March 31, 2015: Full Chapter Submission
May 31, 2015: Review Results Returned
June 30, 2015: Revised Chapters Due
Inquiries can be forwarded to
Dr.
Krishna Bista
School of Education, University of Louisiana at Monroe
Phone: 318-600-5743
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OR
Dr.
Charlotte Foster
College of Education, Missouri Western State University
Phone: 402-416-3730
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