American Colleges' Missteps Raise Questions about Overseas Partnerships

Autor/in	Fischer, Karin
Titel	American Colleges' Missteps Raise Questions about Overseas Partnerships
Quelle	In: Chronicle of Higher Education, (2012) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-5982
Schlagwörter	Graduation Requirements; State Colleges; Foreign Countries; College Students; Expertise; Partnerships in Education; Albania; China; Michigan; Missouri; New York; North Dakota; Qatar; Texas; Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abschlussordnung; Ausland; Collegestudent; Expert appraisal; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Albanien; Katar
Abstract	Several stumbles by American colleges in setting up programs with foreign partners have called attention to problems inherent in making such arrangements. State University of New York Empire State College has allowed a university in Albania to deliver diplomas in its name. In North Dakota, state auditors issued a scathing review of dual-degree programs at Dickinson State University, reporting that they had admitted hundreds of unqualified students, mainly from China, and awarded them degrees even when they failed to meet graduation requirements. Then there is Houston Community College, which has been in the midst of its own desert storm. Students at the Community College of Qatar, in the tiny Persian Gulf emirate, protested after learning that they would not earn degrees from the Texas college, as they had expected to. Those degrees would allow them to transfer to four-year universities. Houston officials maintain that they were working with Qatar's first community college only in an advisory role, but that students could earn Houston diplomas by submitting their transcripts for review. These incidents have renewed concerns about whether, in embarking on ambitious international ventures, American colleges are putting themselves at risk, legally, financially, and reputationally. In their quest for global prestige and, often, dollars, are they rushing abroad without doing their homework? After all, experts note, even internationally savvy institutions, like George Mason University and Michigan State University, have occasionally misstepped in their efforts overseas. (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10