Leadership for Social Justice in Higher Education: The Legacy of the Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program

250 Pages·2014·1.16 MB·English

by  Terance W. Bigalke, Mary S. Zurbuchen (eds.)

InternationalandDevelopmentEducation
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SERIESEDITORS
JohnN.Hawkins
ProfessorEmeritus,UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles
SeniorConsultant,IFE2020EastWestCenter
W.JamesJacob
AssociateProfessor,UniversityofPittsburgh
Director,InstituteforInternationalStudiesinEducation
PRODUCTIONEDITOR
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ProgramCoordinator,InstituteforInternationalStudiesinEducation
INTERNATIONALEDITORIALADVISORYBOARD
ClementinaAcedo,UNESCO’sInternationalBureauofEducation,Switzerland
PhilipG.Altbach,BostonUniversity,USA
CarlosE.Blanco,UniversidadCentraldeVenezuela
ShengYaoCheng,NationalChungChengUniversity,Taiwan
RuthHayhoe,UniversityofToronto,Canada
WanhuaMa,PekingUniversity,China
KaHoMok,UniversityofHongKong,China
ChristineMusselin,SciencesPo,France
YusufK.Nsubuga,MinistryofEducationandSports,Uganda
NamgiPark,GwangjuNationalUniversityofEducation,RepublicofKorea
ValD.Rust,UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles,USA
Suparno,StateUniversityofMalang,Indonesia
JohnC.Weidman,UniversityofPittsburgh,USA
HusamZaman,TaibahUniversity,SaudiArabia
InstituteforInternationalStudiesinEducation
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Titles:
HigherEducationinAsia/Pacific:QualityandthePublicGood
EditedbyTeranceW.BigalkeandDeaneE.Neubauer
AffirmativeActioninChinaandtheU.S.:ADialogueonInequalityandMinorityEducation
EditedbyMinglangZhouandAnnMaxwellHill
CriticalApproachestoComparativeEducation:VerticalCaseStudiesfromAfrica,Europe,theMiddleEast,and
theAmericas
EditedbyFrancesVavrusandLesleyBartlett
CurriculumStudiesinSouthAfrica:IntellectualHistories&PresentCircumstances
EditedbyWilliamF.Pinar
HigherEducation,Policy,andtheGlobalCompetitionPhenomenon
EditedbyLauraM.Portnoi,ValD.Rust,andSylviaS.Bagley
TheSearchforNewGovernanceofHigherEducationinAsia
EditedbyKa-HoMok
InternationalStudentsandGlobalMobilityinHigherEducation:NationalTrendsandNewDirections
EditedbyRajikaBhandariandPeggyBlumenthal
CurriculumStudiesinBrazil:IntellectualHistories,PresentCircumstances
EditedbyWilliamF.Pinar
Access,Equity,andCapacityinAsiaPacificHigherEducation
EditedbyDeaneNeubauerandYoshiroTanaka
PolicyDebatesinComparative,International,andDevelopmentEducation
EditedbyJohnN.HawkinsandW.JamesJacob
CurriculumStudiesinMexico:IntellectualHistories,PresentCircumstances
EditedbyWilliamF.Pinar
IncreasingEffectivenessoftheCommunityCollegeFinancialModel:AGlobalPerspectivefortheGlobal
Economy
EditedbyStewartE.Sutin,DanielDerrico,RosalindLatinerRaby,andEdwardJ.Valeau
TheInternationalizationofEastAsianHigherEducation:Globalization’sImpact
EditedbyJohnD.Palmer,AmyRoberts,YoungHaCho,andGregoryChing
UniversityGovernanceandReform:Policy,Fads,andExperienceinInternationalPerspective
EditedbyHansG.Schuetze,WilliamBruneau,andGarnetGrosjean
MobilityandMigrationinAsianPacificHigherEducation
EditedbyDeaneE.NeubauerandKazuoKuroda
TaiwanEducationattheCrossroad:WhenGlobalizationMeetsLocalization
EditedbyChuingPrudenceChouandGregoryChing
HigherEducationRegionalizationinAsiaPacific:ImplicationsforGovernance,CitizenshipandUniversity
Transformation
EditedbyJohnN.Hawkins,KaHoMok,andDeaneE.Neubauer
Post-SecondaryEducationandTechnology:AGlobalPerspectiveonOpportunitiesandObstaclesto
Development
EditedbyRebeccaClothey,StacyAustin-Li,andJohnC.Weidman
EducationandGlobalCulturalDialogue:ATributetoRuthHayhoe
EditedbyKarenMundyandQiangZha
TheQuestforEntrepreneurialUniversitiesinEastAsia
ByKaHoMok
TheDynamicsofHigherEducationDevelopmentinEastAsia:AsianCulturalHeritage,WesternDominance,
EconomicDevelopment,andGlobalization
EditedbyDeaneNeubauer,JungCheolShin,andJohnN.Hawkins
CurriculumStudiesinChina:IntellectualHistories,PresentCircumstances
EditedbyWilliamF.Pinar
LeadershipforSocialJusticeinHigherEducation:TheLegacyoftheFordFoundationInternationalFellowships
Program
EditedbyTeranceW.BigalkeandMaryS.Zurbuchen
Leadership for Social Justice
in Higher Education
The Legacy of the Ford Foundation
International Fellowships Program
Edited by
Terance W. Bigalke and Mary S. Zurbuchen
LEADERSHIPFORSOCIALJUSTICEINHIGHEREDUCATION
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1. Scholarships. 2. Educationalequalization. 3. International
education. 4. Socialjustice. 5. FordFoundation.International
FellowshipsProgram—Influence. 6. EDUCATION/Higher.bisacsh
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Contents
ListofIllustrations vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction:BreakingNewGround,Opening
NewPathways 1
MaryS.Zurbuchen
Part I InternationalFellowshipsProgram(IFP)in
ComparativePerspective
1 SocialInclusioninInternationalHigherEducation:
ApproachandAchievementsofIFP 15
JoanDassin,JürgenEnders,andAndreaKottmann
2 IFPfromaComparativeInternationalDevelopment
Perspective 35
BeerR.E.V.M.Schröder
Part II RestructuringHigherEducationSystems
forInclusion
3 TheRoleofPlacementPartnersinaGlobal
FellowshipProgram 49
YolandeZahlerandCilouBertin
4 CreatingUniversityPartnershipsasPathwaysforStudent
Achievement 67
KimSmall,MireiaGaliReyes,andJorgdeVette
5 TransformativePoliciesforEquityandInclusionatthe
UniversityofChile 85
RosaDevésandMaribelMora-Curriao
6 IFPImpactonInternationalStudentandScholarServices
attheUniversityofTexasatAustin 103
TeriJ.Albrecht
vi CONTENTS
Part III DiversityandEnrichmentoftheLearning
Environment
7 TheImpactofIndigenousStudentsinaMexicanUniversity 119
SylviaSchmelkes
8 IFPFellowsandtheDynamicsofTeachingandLearningat
theUniversityofHawai‘iatMa¯noa 135
KimSmall
9 ForginganInternationalNetworkofGenderand
DevelopmentPractitioners:IFPStudentsattheAsian
InstituteofTechnology 155
KyokoKusakabe
Part IV IFP,SocialJusticePerspectives,andInstitutional
Experiences
10 ADecadeofIFPFellowsinInternationalDevelopment
Studies 173
PaulJackson
11 OvercomingtheBarriersofMarginalization:Programsin
SustainableInternationalDevelopmentatBrandeis
University 185
LaurenceR.Simon
12 EducatingforSocialChange:ChallengesandInnovations 197
WilliamF.Fisher
13 IFPandSocialJusticeInitiativesinSouthAfrican
Universities 211
LouiseAfrica
Conclusion:TheWisdomofAudacityinPurpose,Scope,and
Scale 227
TeranceW.Bigalke
ListofContributors 239
Index 245
Illustrations
Figures
1.1 SelectedIFPFellowsbycountry 17
1.2 OrganizationaldevelopmentandstructureofIFP 19
1.3 Socio-demographicandsocio-biographicalbackground
ofIFPfinalists(finalistsduring2003–2010,inpercent) 22
1.4 ProfessionalbackgroundandsocialcommitmentofIFP
finalists(Finalists2003to2010,inpercent) 23
1.5 Thefellowshiphashelpedmeto...(Alumnisurvey2012,
inpercent) 27
2.1 NumberofIFPFellowsplacedincontinentalEurope:
2001–2011 40
2.2 RegionoforiginofIFPFellowsincontinentalEurope:
2001–2011 40
5.1 Quintiledistributionofthestudentsenrolledthrough
SIPEE(2012) 96
13.1 PercentageofregionalplacementsofSAFellows,allcohorts 218
13.2 SAuniversityplacementbypercentage 220
Tables
1.1 DegreeattainmentofIFPFellowsbycohortandgender,by
degreeandgender,andbystudylocationandgender
(Alumnisurvey2012,inpercent) 26
1.2 CurrentresidenceofIFPAlumni,currentmainactivity,
leadershippositions,andimpactonsocialjustice(Alumni
survey2012,inpercent) 29
viii LISTOFILLUSTRATIONS
5.1 ProgramsassociatedwiththeSIPEEentrypathwayin2012 95
5.2 DistributionofthestudentsenrolledthroughSIPEE
(2012)accordingtoschooloforigin(IVErange) 96
9.1 ThesistitlesofIFPFellowsatGenderandDevelopmentStudies 159
Acknowledgments
Many individuals have inspired and contributed to the present volume,
and as editors we realize how vital every draft, comment, and adherence
to deadline can be in producing a final work. Many thanks are due here,
inthefirstinstancetotheInternationalFellowshipsFundandtheIFPSec-
retariatinNewYorkforunderwritingthesymposiumthatbroughtIFP’s
universitypartnerstogetherinHonoluluinJuly2012.TheEast-WestCen-
ter(EWC)wasouradmirablehostforthatmeeting,andwearegratefulto
Charles Morrison, EWC President, for his encouragement of this project
andhisendorsementoftheIFP’sgoalsoverthemanyyearsofacloseand
productivepartnership.
ThesymposiumcouldnothavetakenplacewithoutEWCAdministra-
tive Assistant Cynthia Yamane’s thoughtful facilitation and management
skills.Hercarefulbackstoppingofthemanuscriptproductionprocesshas
been essential. Our thanks go to IFP Secretariat staff Rob Oppegard and
Barbara Wanasek for their support with data and grants management.
In Honolulu, thanks to Ellen Waldrop, who completed copious amounts
ofcopyeditingrightontime.
The participants gathered in Honolulu were an extraordinary group,
not all of whom could be represented in this book. In addition to all
the authors, we would like to thank the following for their contribu-
tions to the ideas reflected in these chapters: Elane Granger Carrasco
(Syracuse University, USA); Maura Cassells (Institute of International
Education,NewYork);AnnieRubienska(GuangdongUniversity,China);
Alexey Rykov (Saint Petersburg State University, Russia); and Luechai
Sriingernyuang(MahidolUniversity,Thailand).
AspecialsetofinstitutionsshapedIFP’sstoryandspearheadedmuchof
theworkrecordedthroughoutthisbook;theseareIFP’sInternationalPart-
ners,thelocalorganizationsthatplayedsuchavitalpartintheprogram’s
globalnetwork.Ourspecialthanksgototheinstitutionslistedimmediately
followingthese acknowledgments. Finally, it hasbeen a pleasuretowork
with Palgrave Macmillan on publishing this volume of its International
DevelopmentEducationSeries.WethankserieseditorsJohnN.Hawkins
andW.JamesJacobsfortheircollaboration,aswellastheeditorialstaffin
NewYork,includingAssociateEditorSarahNathanandEditorialAssistant
ScarletNeath.