Melissa Whatley
Biographic Data
| ID | 5452983 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melissa Whatley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melissa |
| FAMILY NAME | Whatley |
| SIGNATURE | WHATLEY M |
| AFFILIATIONS | SIT Graduate Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7073-6772 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Exploring the Relationship Between International Student Enrollment at US Higher Education Institutions and Mass Shootings
Recently, international education practitioners and scholars have suggested that gun violence in the United States deters international student enrollment. This study explores the relationship between shootings in a higher education institution's state and city and subsequent new international student enrollment in the following year. Drawing from push-pull theory, we expected that international students’ concerns around safety in a host institut…
The internationalization of for-profit higher education institutions in the United States
Institutional internationalization has been extensively researched in US higher education, particularly with reference to the public and private nonprofit four-year sector. This study contributes to an emerging body of literature that explores internationalization in other higher education sectors and forms, using an explanatory mixed methods research approach to examine for-profit higher education institutions. We draw from business, economics, …
Indications of Community College Virtual International Exchange Outcomes
This study explored student learning outcomes related to virtual international exchange, namely global perspective-taking and self-efficacy, among a sample of 76 community college students in the United States. Viewing virtual exchange as a possible high-impact educational practice, we anticipated that participation would have a positive relationship with these two outcomes. To test this hypothesis, we used survey data collected from students att…
Domestic Study Away in Higher Education
The recent COVID-19 pandemic and an emphasis on improving access to international education experiences have spurred researchers and practitioners to consider global experiences without international travel. Domestic study away programs can broaden access to intercultural learning for postsecondary students. This systematic literature review, the first known attempt to review the literature on study away, explores how researchers and professional…
International Education’s Academic Benefit
This study focuses on the potential academic benefit of virtual international exchange for community colleges and the students they enroll through a comparison of virtual exchange and study abroad. Using data from two community colleges in the US Southeast, this study draws upon the notion of socioacademic integration. Specifically, this study theorizes that both virtual exchange and study abroad have a positive relationship with students’ academ…
Borders or Barriers? Assessing Geographic, Economic, and Institutional Factors Related to Study Abroad Access and Participation at Four-Year Colleges and Universities
Although more students study abroad today than in decades prior, participation still lags behind national goals put forth by the Lincoln Commission. Many students plan to study abroad, yet this often does not correspond with actual participation. This gap suggests there are barriers that prevent study abroad intentions from evolving into program enrollment. This study analyzes full population data and a NSSE (National Survey of Student Engagement…
We Before Me
The purpose of this study was to develop a measurement instrument that scholars and practitioners in international education can use as a means of exploring whether and how individuals who come into contact with international education programs develop a greater sense of cultural humility. Specifically, the study described here outlines the four steps used to develop a nine-item Cultural Humility Self-Assessment Scale (CHS-A): item generation, co…
An Untapped Resource
Current research counters the deficit narrative by capturing student and faculty education abroad leaders’ perspectives, which collectively show how the open access philosophy of the community college supports and enables new educational opportunities (Whatley & Raby, 2020). Research also shows the varied learning outcomes available through community college/TVET education abroad that are geared towards adult learners (Wood & Raby, 2022). Still o…
Framework to Explore the Range of Literature on Community College/TVET College Education Abroad
This article conducts a bibliometric approach to present a macro view of broader themes found in publications on community college/TVET education in the United States and abroad. A total of 340 publications were identified and analyzed to show that international programming thrives in the field of community college and TVET education abroad. Abstract in Spanish Este artículo lleva a cabo un proyecto bibliométrico para presentar una perspectiva ma…
A Robust Estimation of the Relationship Between Study Abroad and Academic Outcomes among Community College Students
Balancing finances, politics, and public health
Who enrolls in internationalized courses? An exploration of at-home access at one community college
A Quasi-Experimental Approach to Understanding Study Abroad’s Impact on Academic Success Among Community College Students
The purpose of this study is to provide robust estimates of the potential link between study abroad participation and community college students’ academic outcomes, namely academic qualifications (GPA), progression toward degree (credits passed), and credential completion. Theoretically, study abroad is thought to impact students’ outcomes, academic and otherwise, through its value as an educational experience that disrupts students’ normal learn…
Early Effects of North Carolina’s Comprehensive Articulation Agreement on Credit Accumulation Among Community College Transfer Students
Opportunity for all? The differential impacts of North Carolina’s revised comprehensive articulation agreement by race/ethnicity
Transfer articulation agreements are employed by institutions of higher education and state legislatures alike to improve transfer efficiency between two-year and four-year institutions. These agreements often aim both to increase transfer rates and baccalaureate degree completion and to decrease time to degree. Studies exploring the efficacy of articulation agreements find that, despite being successful at decreasing the number of excess credits…
Program Design and the Development of Students’ Global Perspectives in Faculty-Led Short-Term Study Abroad
This study explores connections between design features of faculty-led short-term study abroad programs and resulting changes in students’ global perspectives. Over 2,000 students provided data for this study, completing the Global Perspective Inventory (GPI) before and after studying abroad. Results indicated that program features such as participation in an internship and opportunities for reflection are positively associated with global perspe…
Pushing the Integration Envelope
This article demonstrates how network analysis of qualitative content can be used to build on traditional research approaches to confirm and expand prior findings and to point to fruitful directions for future research. Drawing on mixed methods research on policies and practices that improve access to study abroad at U.S. higher education institutions, we demonstrate how network analysis, namely, quadratic assignment procedure and community detec…
Understanding Inclusion and Equity in Community College Education Abroad
This study explores the extent to which community college study abroad is exclusive, meaning that opportunities are restricted only to certain students, or inclusive, meaning that education abroad is available to all that express interest. We administered a survey collecting both quantitative and qualitative data to leaders in community college education abroad to gain insight into inclusion in education abroad programming at their institutions. …
From Exclusive to Inclusive
The purpose of this study was to explore how postsecondary institutions with high and low study abroad participation rates communicate with students about study abroad opportunities. We were especially interested in identifying institutional policies and practices that focused on inequalities in access to study abroad. We addressed this purpose using a mixed-methods research design. We first conducted a quantitative regression analysis to identif…
Early Evaluation Findings From the Instructional Conversation Study
This study explores preliminary results from a pedagogical intervention designed to improve instruction for all students, particularly emergent bilinguals in the United States (or English language learners). The study is part of a larger efficacy randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the Instructional Conversation (IC) pedagogy for improving the school achievement of upper elementary grade students. Standardized achievement student data were gathe…
From Exclusive to Inclusive
The purpose of this study was to explore how postsecondary institutions with high and low study abroad participation rates communicate with students about study abroad opportunities. We were especially interested in identifying institutional policies and practices that focused on inequalities in access to study abroad. We addressed this purpose using a mixed-methods research design. We first conducted a quantitative regression analysis to identif…
Pushing the Integration Envelope
This article demonstrates how network analysis of qualitative content can be used to build on traditional research approaches to confirm and expand prior findings and to point to fruitful directions for future research. Drawing on mixed methods research on policies and practices that improve access to study abroad at U.S. higher education institutions, we demonstrate how network analysis, namely, quadratic assignment procedure and community detec…
Early Evaluation Findings From the Instructional Conversation Study
This study explores preliminary results from a pedagogical intervention designed to improve instruction for all students, particularly emergent bilinguals in the United States (or English language learners). The study is part of a larger efficacy randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the Instructional Conversation (IC) pedagogy for improving the school achievement of upper elementary grade students. Standardized achievement student data were gathe…
Early Evaluation Findings From the Instructional Conversation Study
This study explores preliminary results from a pedagogical intervention designed to improve instruction for all students, particularly emergent bilinguals in the United States (or English language learners). The study is part of a larger efficacy randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the Instructional Conversation (IC) pedagogy for improving the school achievement of upper elementary grade students. Standardized achievement student data were gathe…
Understanding Inclusion and Equity in Community College Education Abroad
This study explores the extent to which community college study abroad is exclusive, meaning that opportunities are restricted only to certain students, or inclusive, meaning that education abroad is available to all that express interest. We administered a survey collecting both quantitative and qualitative data to leaders in community college education abroad to gain insight into inclusion in education abroad programming at their institutions. …
From Exclusive to Inclusive
The purpose of this study was to explore how postsecondary institutions with high and low study abroad participation rates communicate with students about study abroad opportunities. We were especially interested in identifying institutional policies and practices that focused on inequalities in access to study abroad. We addressed this purpose using a mixed-methods research design. We first conducted a quantitative regression analysis to identif…
Early Effects of North Carolina’s Comprehensive Articulation Agreement on Credit Accumulation Among Community College Transfer Students
Opportunity for all? The differential impacts of North Carolina’s revised comprehensive articulation agreement by race/ethnicity
Transfer articulation agreements are employed by institutions of higher education and state legislatures alike to improve transfer efficiency between two-year and four-year institutions. These agreements often aim both to increase transfer rates and baccalaureate degree completion and to decrease time to degree. Studies exploring the efficacy of articulation agreements find that, despite being successful at decreasing the number of excess credits…
Program Design and the Development of Students’ Global Perspectives in Faculty-Led Short-Term Study Abroad
This study explores connections between design features of faculty-led short-term study abroad programs and resulting changes in students’ global perspectives. Over 2,000 students provided data for this study, completing the Global Perspective Inventory (GPI) before and after studying abroad. Results indicated that program features such as participation in an internship and opportunities for reflection are positively associated with global perspe…
Pushing the Integration Envelope
This article demonstrates how network analysis of qualitative content can be used to build on traditional research approaches to confirm and expand prior findings and to point to fruitful directions for future research. Drawing on mixed methods research on policies and practices that improve access to study abroad at U.S. higher education institutions, we demonstrate how network analysis, namely, quadratic assignment procedure and community detec…
A Robust Estimation of the Relationship Between Study Abroad and Academic Outcomes among Community College Students
Balancing finances, politics, and public health
Who enrolls in internationalized courses? An exploration of at-home access at one community college
A Quasi-Experimental Approach to Understanding Study Abroad’s Impact on Academic Success Among Community College Students
The purpose of this study is to provide robust estimates of the potential link between study abroad participation and community college students’ academic outcomes, namely academic qualifications (GPA), progression toward degree (credits passed), and credential completion. Theoretically, study abroad is thought to impact students’ outcomes, academic and otherwise, through its value as an educational experience that disrupts students’ normal learn…
An Untapped Resource
Current research counters the deficit narrative by capturing student and faculty education abroad leaders’ perspectives, which collectively show how the open access philosophy of the community college supports and enables new educational opportunities (Whatley & Raby, 2020). Research also shows the varied learning outcomes available through community college/TVET education abroad that are geared towards adult learners (Wood & Raby, 2022). Still o…
Framework to Explore the Range of Literature on Community College/TVET College Education Abroad
This article conducts a bibliometric approach to present a macro view of broader themes found in publications on community college/TVET education in the United States and abroad. A total of 340 publications were identified and analyzed to show that international programming thrives in the field of community college and TVET education abroad. Abstract in Spanish Este artículo lleva a cabo un proyecto bibliométrico para presentar una perspectiva ma…
International Education’s Academic Benefit
This study focuses on the potential academic benefit of virtual international exchange for community colleges and the students they enroll through a comparison of virtual exchange and study abroad. Using data from two community colleges in the US Southeast, this study draws upon the notion of socioacademic integration. Specifically, this study theorizes that both virtual exchange and study abroad have a positive relationship with students’ academ…
Borders or Barriers? Assessing Geographic, Economic, and Institutional Factors Related to Study Abroad Access and Participation at Four-Year Colleges and Universities
Although more students study abroad today than in decades prior, participation still lags behind national goals put forth by the Lincoln Commission. Many students plan to study abroad, yet this often does not correspond with actual participation. This gap suggests there are barriers that prevent study abroad intentions from evolving into program enrollment. This study analyzes full population data and a NSSE (National Survey of Student Engagement…
We Before Me
The purpose of this study was to develop a measurement instrument that scholars and practitioners in international education can use as a means of exploring whether and how individuals who come into contact with international education programs develop a greater sense of cultural humility. Specifically, the study described here outlines the four steps used to develop a nine-item Cultural Humility Self-Assessment Scale (CHS-A): item generation, co…
Indications of Community College Virtual International Exchange Outcomes
This study explored student learning outcomes related to virtual international exchange, namely global perspective-taking and self-efficacy, among a sample of 76 community college students in the United States. Viewing virtual exchange as a possible high-impact educational practice, we anticipated that participation would have a positive relationship with these two outcomes. To test this hypothesis, we used survey data collected from students att…
Domestic Study Away in Higher Education
The recent COVID-19 pandemic and an emphasis on improving access to international education experiences have spurred researchers and practitioners to consider global experiences without international travel. Domestic study away programs can broaden access to intercultural learning for postsecondary students. This systematic literature review, the first known attempt to review the literature on study away, explores how researchers and professional…
Exploring the Relationship Between International Student Enrollment at US Higher Education Institutions and Mass Shootings
Recently, international education practitioners and scholars have suggested that gun violence in the United States deters international student enrollment. This study explores the relationship between shootings in a higher education institution's state and city and subsequent new international student enrollment in the following year. Drawing from push-pull theory, we expected that international students’ concerns around safety in a host institut…
The internationalization of for-profit higher education institutions in the United States
Institutional internationalization has been extensively researched in US higher education, particularly with reference to the public and private nonprofit four-year sector. This study contributes to an emerging body of literature that explores internationalization in other higher education sectors and forms, using an explanatory mixed methods research approach to examine for-profit higher education institutions. We draw from business, economics, …
Political science (17 works) · Psychology (15 works) · Higher education (14 works) · Pedagogy (14 works) · Sociology (14 works) · International Student and Expatriate Challenges (11 works) · Higher Education Research Studies (9 works) · Medical education (9 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Economics (8 works)