Islands and Bridges: Why and How TNE Universities and EMIs Generally Might “Bridge” Into Their Local Communities

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Author(s): Kevin Ottley (University Central Asia, Khorog, Tajikistan)
Copyright: 2023
Pages: 16
Source title: Handbook of Research on Developments and Future Trends in Transnational Higher Education
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Gareth Richard Morris (Perse School Suzhou, China)and Li Li (Exeter University, UK)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5226-4.ch012

Keywords: Education / Higher Education / Information Science Reference

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It is recommended that EMIs, including TNE institutions, should formalise ‘bridging' between their institutions and the local community, if possible. A definition of ‘community' is extended to include non-faculty/local staff within the university. The rationale for this recommendation is that it is predicated upon a win-win-win result: non-local faculty benefit because bridging assists with their integration into the local community; the university benefits because establishing links with the wider community is an invaluable PR initiative; the local community benefits. The authors' own experiences of bridging, formal and informal, official or otherwise, will be offered as examples of what might be achieved. At the same time, a section of this paper notes the challenges which one might experience when bridging, and how an individual and her institution might avoid such difficulties.

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