Research Article

Sustaining International Institutional Linkages

Volume: 14 Number: Special Issue 3 December 28, 2023
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Sustaining International Institutional Linkages

Abstract

The international institutional linkage is one component of the internationalized campus. The success or failure of a linkage, however, may reverberate through all internationalization efforts across the campus. Therefore, it is essential that educational leaders on campus who are involved in international initiatives, such as international programs officers, university administrators, and faculty, not only possess knowledge of the factors that lead to successful linkages, but the tools necessary to navigate the complex interplay of those factors throughout the institution. There are certainly many questions underlying the issue of success and sustainability, including: What is the definition of a successful linkage? What factors play a role in the success of a linkage? What are tools that international education practitioners can utilize to increase chances of success in regards to linkages? This study explores these issues in a qualitative study of three specific cases of linkages at one university. The resulting in-case, and cross-case analyses explore the notion that three separate environments can be nurtured at institutions of higher education through distributed leadership in order for international institutional linkages to take root, develop, and ultimately to be sustained. The study concludes that are a number of contributors to the success of a linkage, and that in order to achieve sustainability of a linkage, the institution should endeavor to strike a healthy balance between independence and support, or rather, between a loosely coupled and a tightly coupled structure.

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Ethical Statement

This research was conducted solely by the author, with full intention of conducting the research in an appropriately ethical and professional manner.

Thanks

Sincere gratitude for support of this study goes to Erdoğan Kumcu, Özge Coşkun Aysal and Betül Tunçyürek Doğan

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Other Fields of Education (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Early Pub Date

October 25, 2023

Publication Date

December 28, 2023

Submission Date

September 30, 2023

Acceptance Date

October 24, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Volume: 14 Number: Special Issue 3

APA
Staub, D. (2023). Sustaining International Institutional Linkages. Batı Anadolu Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi, 14(Special Issue 3), 82-106. https://doi.org/10.51460/baebd.1368994
AMA
1.Staub D. Sustaining International Institutional Linkages. WAJES. 2023;14(Special Issue 3):82-106. doi:10.51460/baebd.1368994
Chicago
Staub, Donald. 2023. “Sustaining International Institutional Linkages”. Batı Anadolu Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi 14 (Special Issue 3): 82-106. https://doi.org/10.51460/baebd.1368994.
EndNote
Staub D (December 1, 2023) Sustaining International Institutional Linkages. Batı Anadolu Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi 14 Special Issue 3 82–106.
IEEE
[1]D. Staub, “Sustaining International Institutional Linkages”, WAJES, vol. 14, no. Special Issue 3, pp. 82–106, Dec. 2023, doi: 10.51460/baebd.1368994.
ISNAD
Staub, Donald. “Sustaining International Institutional Linkages”. Batı Anadolu Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi 14/Special Issue 3 (December 1, 2023): 82-106. https://doi.org/10.51460/baebd.1368994.
JAMA
1.Staub D. Sustaining International Institutional Linkages. WAJES. 2023;14:82–106.
MLA
Staub, Donald. “Sustaining International Institutional Linkages”. Batı Anadolu Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi, vol. 14, no. Special Issue 3, Dec. 2023, pp. 82-106, doi:10.51460/baebd.1368994.
Vancouver
1.Donald Staub. Sustaining International Institutional Linkages. WAJES. 2023 Dec. 1;14(Special Issue 3):82-106. doi:10.51460/baebd.1368994

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