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JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE & INTERNATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION VOLUME 13, ISSUE 3 2021 THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CIES HIGHER EDUCATION SIG ISSUE INTRODUCTION Rosalind Latiner Raby 1 JCIHE: Vol. 13 Issue 3, 2021 Introduction Ane Turner Johnson and 7 Special Issue Introduction: Exploring the Role of Marcellus Mbah Indigenous Knowledge in Postsecondary Policies and Practices Toward Sustainable Development SUMMER 2021SPECIAL EDITION Meseret Hailu and Amanda 20 Indigenous and Black Relationality: Theoretical Tachine Considerations for Higher Education Sustainability Ane Turner Johnson and 43 (Un)Subjugating Indigenous Knowledge for Marcellus Mbah Sustainable Development: Considerations for Community-Based Research in African Higher Education Kari A. B. Chew and Sheilah 65 Cultivating Enduring and Reciprocal Relationships in E. Nicholas Academia: An Indigenous Mentor-Mentee Model Kelsey Leonard 90 Turtle Island (North America) Indigenous Higher Education Institutions and Environmental Sustainability Education Jing Lin, Angela Stoltz, 134 Decolonization and Transformation of Higher Matthew Aruch and Annie Education for Sustainability: Integrating Indigenous Rappeport Knowledge into Policy, Teaching, Research, and Practice Sonia M. Fonua 157 Enabling Sustainable Development by Embedding Tongan Knowledge into University Science Curricula ESSAY/REVIEW Tasneem Amatullah, Brittany 180 International Graduate Students’ Positionality in a Aronson and Gul Rind U.S. Critical Multicultural Education Course Nucelle L. Chance 206 Exploring the Disparity of Minority Women in Senior Leadership Positions in Higher Education in the United States and Peru Douglas L. Robertson and 226 Peculiarities and Paradoxes of Neoliberal Higher Nazgul Bayetova Education in Kazakhstan JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE & INTERNATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION VOLUME 13, ISSUE3 2021 THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CIES HIGHER EDUCATION SIG Philosophy for JCIHE and substantively contribute to current thought This is the official journal of the Comparative by expanding, correcting, broadening, posing and International Education Society’s (CIES) questions in a new light, or strengthening Higher Education Special Interest Group current conceptual and/or methodological (HESIG), which was created in 2008. HESIG discussions in the field of comparative and serves as a networking hub for promoting international higher education. We especially scholarship opportunities, critical dialogue, welcome new topics and issues that have been and linking professionals and academics to the under-emphasized in the field. Empirical international aspects of higher education. Articles are 5,500 - 7,500 words excluding Accordingly, HESIG will serve as a references and tables. professional forum supporting development, 2) REVIEW/ESSAYS analysis, and dissemination of theory-, policy-, Authors are encouraged to contextualize their and practice-related issues that influence argument, when possible, by citing from higher education. existing debates and discussions previously Submission and Review published in JCIHE and by sharing how the 1) EMPIRICAL ARTICLES results of your manuscript contribute to Authors are encouraged to contextualize their previous published articles on related issues. argument, when possible, by citing from These links build a sense of continuity and existing debates and discussions previously foster scholarly dialogue within the journal. published in JCIHE and by sharing how the Review/Essays: scholarly research-based results of your manuscript contribute to review/essays demonstrate rigor and quality. previous published articles on related issues. Original research that a) describes new These links build a sense of continuity and developments in the state of knowledge, b) foster scholarly dialogue within the journal. examines area studies and regional Empirical Articles: empirical research should developments of social, cultural, political and demonstrate high rigor and quality. Original economic contexts in specific regions research collects and analyzes data in worldwide, c) analyzes existing data sets systematic ways to present important new applying new theoretical or methodological research that adds to and advances the debates foci, d) synthesizes divergent bodies of within the field of comparative and literature, e) places the topic at hand into a international higher education. Articles clearly platform for future dialogue or within broader JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE & INTERNATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION VOLUME 13, ISSUE3 2021 THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CIES HIGHER EDUCATION SIG debates in the field, f) explores research-to- review, theory focus, and strong methods practice, g) examines practical application in sections. Articles are 1,000 - 1,500 words education systems worldwide, or h) provides excluding references and tables. future directions that are of broad significance NOTE: Submissions must include a Letter of to the field. Submissions must be situated Support from the student's Supervisor/chair within relevant literature and can be indicating their approval for the publication. theoretical or methodological in focus. The style and format of the Journal of Review/Essays are 3,500 to 4,500 words Comparative & International Higher excluding references and tables. Education follows the APA style (7th Edition). 3) SPECIAL ISSUES. 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Comparative and International Higher These links build a sense of continuity and Education are entirely those of the authors and foster scholarly dialogue within the journal. should not be attributed in any manner to CIES, Emerging Scholars Research Summaries share HESIG, or the sponsoring universities of the thesis or dissertation work-in-progress or Editorial Staff. The views expressed in the original empirical research. The intent of this articles are those of the authors, who should be special issue is to share cutting edge research contacted directly about their work. Journal of that is of broad significance to the field of Comparative and International Higher comparative and international higher Education is published up to three times a year. education. Articles must include a literature JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE & INTERNATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION VOLUME 13, ISSUE3 2021 THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CIES HIGHER EDUCATION SIG Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education Volume 13, No. 3 (2021) Editorial Team https://www.ojed.org/index.php/jcihe/about/e ditorialTeam Contact Information Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education Higher Education SIG Website: ojed.org/jcihe Email: [email protected] ISSN 2151-0393 (Print) ISSN 2151-0407 (Online) 1 Issue Introduction Volume 13, Issue 3 (2021), pp. 1-6 Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education DOI: 10.32674/jcihe.v13iSummer.4031 | https://ojed.org/jcihe JCIHE: Vol. 13 Issue 3, 2021 Introduction Rosalind Latiner Rabya* aCalifornia State University, USA Editor-In-Chief *Correspondence: [email protected] Dear Readers - I am pleased to share the Vol. 13, Issue 3, 2021 of the Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education (JCIHE). Issue 3 includes three Essays along with a Special Issue on the role of Indigenous knowledge in advancing sustainable development in higher education. Interest in comparative and international higher education continues to expand and to respond, JCIHE has revised the type and guidelines for submissions. JCIHE now publishes a) Empirical Articles; b) Scholarly Research-Based Review/Essays; c) Emerging Scholars Research Summaries; and d) Book Reviews. Please visit for guidelines: https://www.ojed.org/index.php/jcihe/about The JCIHE 2021 Issue 3 - Summer Special Issue, 2021 is edited by Ane Turner Johnson 2 and Marcellus Mbah. The issue focuses on the empowerment of Indigenous knowledges as a way to honor those knowledges as well as to use them to advance sustainable development goals (SDGs). In so doing, integration of Indigenous Knowledge in curricula and pedagogy are poised to promote higher education environmental, social, and academic change. Moreover, collaborations between higher educational institutions and their communities can address critical problems faced by societies across the globe and can provide sustainable solutions. The articles in the issue raise the importance of how educational sustainability can be a tool to build balance between Eurocentric and majority world context of higher education with equity that empowers the relevance of localized and Indigenous populations and their cultural knowledges. JCIHE is proud to share this Special Issue that speaks to one of the most important issues of
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