University of Bath DOCTOR OF BUSINESS (DBA) Four Years on the Road to Cosmopolitan Lives Student Development Through the Extended International Education Experience Starcher, Andrew Award date: 2013 Awarding institution: University of Bath Link to publication Alternative formats If you require this document in an alternative format, please contact: [email protected] General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. • Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research. • You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal ? Take down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Download date: 23. Sep. 2021 Four years on the road to cosmopolitan lives: Student development through the extended international education experience Andrew Lee Starcher A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Business Administration in Higher Education Management University of Bath School of Management May 2013 COPYRIGHT Attention is drawn to the fact that copyright of this thesis rests with the author. A copy of this thesis has been supplied on condition that anyone who consults it is understood to recognize that its copyright rests with the author and that they must not copy it or use material from it except as permitted by law or with the consent of the author. This thesis may be made available for consultation within the University Library and may be photocopied or lent to other libraries for the purposes of consultation. 1 Table of Contents Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................................................... 4 Abstract ......................................................................................................................................................... 5 Chapter 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 6 1.1 Locating this work ............................................................................................................................... 8 1.2 Substantive, theoretical, and methodological aims ........................................................................... 9 A. Substantive topic and aim ................................................................................................................ 9 B. Theoretical aim ............................................................................................................................... 10 C. Methodological aim ........................................................................................................................ 10 1.3 Some definitions and an overview .................................................................................................... 10 Chapter 2 Literature Review ....................................................................................................................... 12 2.1 Cosmopolitanism and international education ................................................................................ 15 2.2 Student development through international education .................................................................. 40 Chapter 3 Methodological processes ......................................................................................................... 56 3.1 Research approach............................................................................................................................ 56 3.2 The research situation ...................................................................................................................... 61 3.3 Research design and activities .......................................................................................................... 71 Chapter 4 Research results: Processes and outcomes of cosmopolitan education ................................... 87 4.1 Cosmopolitan education as process and as outcome ....................................................................... 89 A. Henry, an illustrative anecdote ....................................................................................................... 93 B. Cosmopolitan education as process ............................................................................................... 94 C. Cosmopolitan education as outcome ............................................................................................. 96 4.2 Processes ........................................................................................................................................... 97 A. Learning arenas ............................................................................................................................... 98 B. Making their own experience: Agency, constant comparison, risk-taking, and reflection .......... 117 C. Generalized trajectories ................................................................................................................ 122 4.3 Outcomes ........................................................................................................................................ 136 A. Cosmopolitical orientations, modes, and futures ........................................................................ 138 B. Intercultural competencies and worldliness ................................................................................ 142 C. Identities ....................................................................................................................................... 147 D. Other outcomes ............................................................................................................................ 149 4.4 Conclusions ..................................................................................................................................... 150 2 Chapter 5 Discussion ................................................................................................................................. 152 5.1 Summary ......................................................................................................................................... 152 5.2 Conclusions and recommendations ................................................................................................ 158 5.3 Limitations, delimitations, and the journey .................................................................................... 168 References ................................................................................................................................................ 175 Appendices ................................................................................................................................................ 190 Appendix 1 Participants ........................................................................................................................ 190 Appendix 2 Nai’la and Aisha: Trajectories of a global activist and of a glocal elite .............................. 197 Appendix 3 Rachael: A negative case.................................................................................................... 205 Appendix 4 Kevin in his own words ...................................................................................................... 207 Appendix 5 Fall 2007 Explanation and Protocols for interviews with first-year students .................... 211 Appendix 6 Fall 2007 Sign up sheet for 2007 first time cohort recruitment ........................................ 216 Appendix 7 Information sheet for 2007 first year cohort participants ................................................ 217 Appendix 8 Interview summary form for use by peer interviewers ..................................................... 218 Appendix 9 Focus group script for fall 2007 academic mentors group interview ................................ 219 Appendix 10 Consent form for fall 2007 focus group with Academic Mentors ................................... 228 Appendix 11 Information sheet and letter of consent for 2008 cohort interviews ............................. 229 Appendix 12 Syllabus for spring 2009 honors seminar on cosmopolitanism ....................................... 230 Appendix 13 SEM 370 (Honors) Cosmopolitanism Student Permission Form ..................................... 241 Appendix 14 Syllabus for spring 2009 academic travel to Malta.......................................................... 242 Appendix 15 Fall 2008 academic mentor case study assignment ........................................................ 251 Appendix 16 2011 Malta Academic Travel Syllabus ............................................................................. 253 Appendix 17 Permission form for focus groups with US women students .......................................... 266 Appendix 18 Timeline of data production ............................................................................................ 267 Appendix 19 Sample snapshots