Gerald W Fry
Biographic Data
| ID | 3860182 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gerald W Fry |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gerald W |
| FAMILY NAME | Fry |
| SIGNATURE | FRY G W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Minnesota |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Transcending Shallow Internationalization
The context for this study is the volatile, turbulent, and disruptive environment that affects higher education everywhere. A plethora of key problems facing higher education are identified. Among these are escalating costs and declining public support for higher education. This means that international education must compete with other possible priorities, such as strengthening disciplines or making campuses more attractive to prospective studen…
Study Abroad and Engagement at the Local and Global Levels
In this study, we address the question of whether and how the internationalization of higher education, particularly its study abroad aspect, has contributed to the common good. Much of the past discussion on study abroad impact has been largely concentrated on outcomes at the personal level. Using qualitative data from the Study Abroad for Global Engagement project, this study analyzes how former study abroad participants contributed to the glob…
“Responding to accelerating multicultural challenges
The major purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which multiethnic Korea and Thailand are cultural democracies. The primary conceptual framework guiding this study is the powerful but largely ignored concept of cultural democracy. Bereday’s classic model of comparative research is another major theoretical and methodological framework utilized. The major methodologies used are comparative qualitative case studies, meta-synthesis, and p…
Education in Thailand
Understanding study abroad participants’ career decisions and perspectives in US higher education
This study explores how American study abroad participants make educational and career choices after their return, drawing on career identity development as a theoretical lens. With 37 individual interviews from the SAGE project, the findings show that study abroad participants developed their career identity, and thereby made relevant decisions regarding their education and career paths. They developed a clear understanding about themselves, the…
Cultural democracy in an era of internationalism and subnationalism
The context for this paper is the rapid globalization and international migration occurring across the globe. An insightful metaphor for this era is “the death of distance”. The influx of new migrants into countries such as Korea, Japan, Thailand, and the United States presents many challenges for those societies. In Minnesota, people of Karen culture from Myanmar (Burma) are arriving daily and the state currently has over 100,000 individuals of …
The outcast American
Promoting Global Citizenship Through Study Abroad
Study abroad is cited commonly as a critical element of education for global civic engagement, but the significance of various programmatic features has not been well established. This study examines the relationships among three facets of study abroad programs—destination, type, and duration—and subsequent volunteerism through international development organizations. Survey responses were analyzed from 2,250 college alumni (71 % female, 14 % eth…
Study abroad for global engagement
This paper reports on the preliminary results of a research project ‘Beyond immediate impact: Study abroad for global engagement (SAGE)’, which examines the long‐term impact of study abroad on various forms of global engagement. The study employs a retrospective tracer study and mixed methods research design. Survey results from 6391 study‐abroad participants reveal that study abroad has had an impact on five dimensions of global engagement (civi…
The interface between experiential learning and the Internet
This paper addresses the persisting problem of stagnant productivity in the education sector and its contribution to escalating costs. An approach to improving learning productivity is proposed which emphasizes the integration of ICT, service learning, experiential learning, and cooperative learning. Thus, the fundamental theme of this paper is to link these four learning domains as a basic strategy to improve the quality and productivity of educ…
A Subnational Perspective for Comparative Research
Guided by the growing emphasis on the importance of economic regions rather than nations, we utilize the Northeast of Brazil and the Northeast of Thailand as case studies to consider the fruitfulness of a subnational approach to comparative research. A major goal of this inquiry is to provide an overview of the complex interactions between economic, educational, demographic and environmental factors embedded in critically important political and …
Higher Education and Thai Development
Empirical indicators of educational equity and equality
Relations between educational research, policy, planning and implementation
Merging Quantitative and Qualitative Research Techniques
This paper focuses on the merging of qualitative and quantitative research approaches in educational research. Three Thai studies in the education-related social sciences are reviewed as examples to illustrate the advantages to be gained by integrating qualitative and quantitative methods. Finally, ethnographic residual analysis is introduced as a new paradigm for developing a deeper and better understanding of the complex interrelationships amon…
Research Notes
Barriers and Bridges for Rural Development. Nicholas Bennett
Study abroad for global engagement
This paper reports on the preliminary results of a research project ‘Beyond immediate impact: Study abroad for global engagement (SAGE)’, which examines the long‐term impact of study abroad on various forms of global engagement. The study employs a retrospective tracer study and mixed methods research design. Survey results from 6391 study‐abroad participants reveal that study abroad has had an impact on five dimensions of global engagement (civi…
Understanding study abroad participants’ career decisions and perspectives in US higher education
This study explores how American study abroad participants make educational and career choices after their return, drawing on career identity development as a theoretical lens. With 37 individual interviews from the SAGE project, the findings show that study abroad participants developed their career identity, and thereby made relevant decisions regarding their education and career paths. They developed a clear understanding about themselves, the…
A Subnational Perspective for Comparative Research
Guided by the growing emphasis on the importance of economic regions rather than nations, we utilize the Northeast of Brazil and the Northeast of Thailand as case studies to consider the fruitfulness of a subnational approach to comparative research. A major goal of this inquiry is to provide an overview of the complex interactions between economic, educational, demographic and environmental factors embedded in critically important political and …
Empirical indicators of educational equity and equality
Promoting Global Citizenship Through Study Abroad
Study abroad is cited commonly as a critical element of education for global civic engagement, but the significance of various programmatic features has not been well established. This study examines the relationships among three facets of study abroad programs—destination, type, and duration—and subsequent volunteerism through international development organizations. Survey responses were analyzed from 2,250 college alumni (71 % female, 14 % eth…
Merging Quantitative and Qualitative Research Techniques
This paper focuses on the merging of qualitative and quantitative research approaches in educational research. Three Thai studies in the education-related social sciences are reviewed as examples to illustrate the advantages to be gained by integrating qualitative and quantitative methods. Finally, ethnographic residual analysis is introduced as a new paradigm for developing a deeper and better understanding of the complex interrelationships amon…
Research Notes
Barriers and Bridges for Rural Development. Nicholas Bennett
Relations between educational research, policy, planning and implementation
Merging Quantitative and Qualitative Research Techniques
This paper focuses on the merging of qualitative and quantitative research approaches in educational research. Three Thai studies in the education-related social sciences are reviewed as examples to illustrate the advantages to be gained by integrating qualitative and quantitative methods. Finally, ethnographic residual analysis is introduced as a new paradigm for developing a deeper and better understanding of the complex interrelationships amon…
Empirical indicators of educational equity and equality
Higher Education and Thai Development
A Subnational Perspective for Comparative Research
Guided by the growing emphasis on the importance of economic regions rather than nations, we utilize the Northeast of Brazil and the Northeast of Thailand as case studies to consider the fruitfulness of a subnational approach to comparative research. A major goal of this inquiry is to provide an overview of the complex interactions between economic, educational, demographic and environmental factors embedded in critically important political and …
The interface between experiential learning and the Internet
This paper addresses the persisting problem of stagnant productivity in the education sector and its contribution to escalating costs. An approach to improving learning productivity is proposed which emphasizes the integration of ICT, service learning, experiential learning, and cooperative learning. Thus, the fundamental theme of this paper is to link these four learning domains as a basic strategy to improve the quality and productivity of educ…
Study abroad for global engagement
This paper reports on the preliminary results of a research project ‘Beyond immediate impact: Study abroad for global engagement (SAGE)’, which examines the long‐term impact of study abroad on various forms of global engagement. The study employs a retrospective tracer study and mixed methods research design. Survey results from 6391 study‐abroad participants reveal that study abroad has had an impact on five dimensions of global engagement (civi…
Promoting Global Citizenship Through Study Abroad
Study abroad is cited commonly as a critical element of education for global civic engagement, but the significance of various programmatic features has not been well established. This study examines the relationships among three facets of study abroad programs—destination, type, and duration—and subsequent volunteerism through international development organizations. Survey responses were analyzed from 2,250 college alumni (71 % female, 14 % eth…
Cultural democracy in an era of internationalism and subnationalism
The context for this paper is the rapid globalization and international migration occurring across the globe. An insightful metaphor for this era is “the death of distance”. The influx of new migrants into countries such as Korea, Japan, Thailand, and the United States presents many challenges for those societies. In Minnesota, people of Karen culture from Myanmar (Burma) are arriving daily and the state currently has over 100,000 individuals of …
The outcast American
Education in Thailand
Understanding study abroad participants’ career decisions and perspectives in US higher education
This study explores how American study abroad participants make educational and career choices after their return, drawing on career identity development as a theoretical lens. With 37 individual interviews from the SAGE project, the findings show that study abroad participants developed their career identity, and thereby made relevant decisions regarding their education and career paths. They developed a clear understanding about themselves, the…
“Responding to accelerating multicultural challenges
The major purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which multiethnic Korea and Thailand are cultural democracies. The primary conceptual framework guiding this study is the powerful but largely ignored concept of cultural democracy. Bereday’s classic model of comparative research is another major theoretical and methodological framework utilized. The major methodologies used are comparative qualitative case studies, meta-synthesis, and p…
Study Abroad and Engagement at the Local and Global Levels
In this study, we address the question of whether and how the internationalization of higher education, particularly its study abroad aspect, has contributed to the common good. Much of the past discussion on study abroad impact has been largely concentrated on outcomes at the personal level. Using qualitative data from the Study Abroad for Global Engagement project, this study analyzes how former study abroad participants contributed to the glob…
Transcending Shallow Internationalization
The context for this study is the volatile, turbulent, and disruptive environment that affects higher education everywhere. A plethora of key problems facing higher education are identified. Among these are escalating costs and declining public support for higher education. This means that international education must compete with other possible priorities, such as strengthening disciplines or making campuses more attractive to prospective studen…
Political science (14 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Economics (8 works) · Pedagogy (8 works) · Politics (6 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Global Education and Multiculturalism (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (5 works) · Business (4 works)