Kevin Kinser

Jason E. Lane

Cross-Border Education Research Team

Institute for Global Education Policy Studies

State University of New York, Albany

Co-led by Jason Lane and Kevin Kinser

5 Graduate Research Assistants

Founded in 2009

Visited more than 40 IBCs in 12 countries

Surveyed more than 80 IBCs.

www.globalhighered.org

Up to date list of IBCs and Ed. Hubs

Annotated bibliography on IBCs

Updates on our activities/publications

1995 2006 2012

15 82 182

Number of IBCs

• 13 import/export countries

• Institutions flow in all directions

an entity that is owned, at least in part, by a foreign education provider;

operated in the name of the foreign education provider; engages in at least

some face-to-face teaching; and provides access to an entire academic

program that leads to a credential awarded by the foreign education provider.

Blue: Exporters Red: Importers

Transfer without Restrictions

Transfer with Restrictions

No Transfer

Wholly owned subsidiary model:

Complete control of the home campus

Financially separate entity

Branch partner relationship model:

Home campus controls academics

Shared/split responsibility for finances &

infrastructure

Extended campus model:

Oversight through existing mechanisms

Enrollment rather than revenue based

accounting

Faculty employed by branch or home

campus

Related to the authority granted to the branch

Employment laws, visas, pay/SOL

Full time versus part time faculty

Type of program and availability of local faculty

Integration into home campus academics

Contingent faculty or U.S. system analogy

Members of home campus academic

community

Mix of internal and external, home/branch

authority

Initial program approval vs Maintaining program

quality

Various models

Home (or Branch) administrative supervision

“One University”

Autonomous entity

Global office

Foreign Educational Outposts

Foreign owned subsidiaries

Strategic Alliances

Outreach offices

Study abroad sites

Offshore research and lab locations

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Partnerships

MIU

SMU

MUN

MUD

MMU

AUA

Cambridge, Oxford,

Paris Sud XI

Cape Town,

Stellenbosch,

Western Cape

Postgraduate

Diploma

Global Phenomenon, country specific

features

Great diversity in types in oversight and

management arrangement

Locus of control in defining and

maintaining quality

FEO organizational diversity needs further

clarification