International Journal of Educational Management: Volume 32 Issue 2

The management of transnational higher education

Stephen Wilkins

An adapted Porter Diamond Model for the evaluation of transnational education host countries

Vangelis Tsiligiris

The purpose of this paper is to propose an adapted Porter Diamond Model (PDM) that can be used by transnational education (TNE) countries and institutions as an analytical…

Transnational higher education: The importance of institutional reputation, trust and student-university identification in international partnerships

Troy Heffernan, Stephen Wilkins, Muhammad Mohsin Butt

The purpose of this paper is to assess the extent to which the critical relational variables of university reputation, student trust and student-university identification…

The challenges of managing transnational education partnerships: The views of “home-based” managers vs “in-country” managers

Nigel Martin Healey

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the challenges of managing transnational education (TNE) partnerships from the perspective of the home university managers.

Transnational degree program franchising and the challenge of commercial franchisees

Katariina Juusola, Lee Rensimer

The purpose of this paper is to explore the interrelationship of branding practices and legitimacy-building of commercial degree program franchising within transnational higher…

Cultural influences on the design and management of transnational higher education programs in China: A case study of three programs

Lan He, Ersi Liu

The purpose of this paper is to identify the influence of cultural differences on the design and management of two franchise programs and one joint degree program run by a Chinese…

Engaging with arranged marriages: a lesson for transnational higher education

Carrie Amani Annabi, Amanda L. McStay, Allyson Fiona Noble, Maha Sidahmed

High levels of absenteeism have been observed amongst male students attending two transnational higher education (TNHE) institutions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). One reason…

An exploratory study of student engagement at transnational education initiatives: Proactive or apathetic?

Rebecca Maxwell-Stuart, Jeroen Huisman

Although there is increasing insight in student engagement (SE) in higher education, there is limited insight in how students experience SE in a transnational setting. The purpose…

Managing international branch campuses: Lessons learnt from eight years on a branch campus in Malaysia

Christopher Hill, Rawy Abdelrahman Thabet

International branch campuses (IBCs) are complex entities and while much has been written about their expansion and development, the literature is largely from an external…