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"American” as Intercultural Brokerage: A Typology of Country-Branded Higher Education, Local Adaptation and Soft Power

Cilt: 2 Sayı: 4 11 Temmuz 2026
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"American” as Intercultural Brokerage: A Typology of Country-Branded Higher Education, Local Adaptation and Soft Power

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Over the past century and a half, and with particular acceleration in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, universities outside the United States have adopted “American,” “United States,” or closely related American identity markers in their institutional names. This article examines that phenomenon not simply as branding, commerce, mimicry or soft power, but as a project in intercultural brokerage. The central argument is that the “American” university abroad occupies a mediating space between American academic culture and local or regional educational, political, economic and social needs. At its strongest, the model translates liberal education, student-centered pedagogy, English medium instruction, institutional autonomy, professional preparation and accreditation culture into local contexts without simply reproducing the United States abroad. At its weakest, it reduces “American” to a marketable sign of prestige, mobility or modernity. The article proposes a five-part typology of Americanness in global higher education: legacy/institutional Americanness, nation building Americanness, operating-system Americanness, market Americanness and nominal-symbolic American ness. It also distinguishes country-branded American universities from branch campuses, joint universities, microcampuses and licensure-pipeline institutions. The article concludes that the “American” label is best understood as a polyvalent intercultural signifier: its meaning is produced through the relationship between institutional practice, local aspiration, global mobility, quality assurance and the changing symbolic position of the United States in world affairs.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Kaynakça

  1. American University of Cyprus. (n.d.). General information. Retrieved June 23, 2026, from https://auc.edu.tr/en/corporate/general-information.
  2. Bennett, M. J. (1986). A developmental approach to training for intercultural sensitivity. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 10(2), 179–196. https://doi.org/10.1016/0147-1767(86)90005-2

Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Çevre Eğitimi ve Yaygınlaştırılması, Basın ve Haberleşme Hukuku

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yazarlar

Kenneth Ayouby *
Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti

Yayımlanma Tarihi

11 Temmuz 2026

Gönderilme Tarihi

8 Mart 2026

Kabul Tarihi

26 Haziran 2026

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2026 Cilt: 2 Sayı: 4

Kaynak Göster

APA
Ayouby, K. (2026). "American” as Intercultural Brokerage: A Typology of Country-Branded Higher Education, Local Adaptation and Soft Power. UFÜ Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilimler Dergisi, 2(4), 86-106. https://doi.org/10.29329/ufusobed.2026.1465.5
AMA
1.Ayouby K. "American” as Intercultural Brokerage: A Typology of Country-Branded Higher Education, Local Adaptation and Soft Power. SOBED. 2026;2(4):86-106. doi:10.29329/ufusobed.2026.1465.5
Chicago
Ayouby, Kenneth. 2026. “"American” as Intercultural Brokerage: A Typology of Country-Branded Higher Education, Local Adaptation and Soft Power”. UFÜ Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilimler Dergisi 2 (4): 86-106. https://doi.org/10.29329/ufusobed.2026.1465.5.
EndNote
Ayouby K (01 Temmuz 2026) "American” as Intercultural Brokerage: A Typology of Country-Branded Higher Education, Local Adaptation and Soft Power. UFÜ Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilimler Dergisi 2 4 86–106.
IEEE
[1]K. Ayouby, “"American” as Intercultural Brokerage: A Typology of Country-Branded Higher Education, Local Adaptation and Soft Power”, SOBED, c. 2, sy 4, ss. 86–106, Tem. 2026, doi: 10.29329/ufusobed.2026.1465.5.
ISNAD
Ayouby, Kenneth. “"American” as Intercultural Brokerage: A Typology of Country-Branded Higher Education, Local Adaptation and Soft Power”. UFÜ Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilimler Dergisi 2/4 (01 Temmuz 2026): 86-106. https://doi.org/10.29329/ufusobed.2026.1465.5.
JAMA
1.Ayouby K. "American” as Intercultural Brokerage: A Typology of Country-Branded Higher Education, Local Adaptation and Soft Power. SOBED. 2026;2:86–106.
MLA
Ayouby, Kenneth. “"American” as Intercultural Brokerage: A Typology of Country-Branded Higher Education, Local Adaptation and Soft Power”. UFÜ Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilimler Dergisi, c. 2, sy 4, Temmuz 2026, ss. 86-106, doi:10.29329/ufusobed.2026.1465.5.
Vancouver
1.Kenneth Ayouby. "American” as Intercultural Brokerage: A Typology of Country-Branded Higher Education, Local Adaptation and Soft Power. SOBED. 01 Temmuz 2026;2(4):86-106. doi:10.29329/ufusobed.2026.1465.5

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