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CREATING AND MAINTAINING A STUDENT-CENTERED CULTURE AT AN
INTERNATIONAL BRANCH CAMPUS:
A CASE STUDY EXAMINING THE ROLES OF FACULTY, STAFF, AND
STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS
SINGAPORE CAMPUS
by
Elizabeth Jean Jordan
__________________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
December 2011
Copyright 2011 Elizabeth Jean Jordan
Object Description
| Title | Creating and maintaining a student-centered culture at an international branch campus: a case study examining the roles of faculty, staff, and students at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Singapore campus |
| Author | Jordan, Elizabeth Jean |
| Author email | ejordan@usc.edu;jordan.liz@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-07-07 |
| Date submitted | 2011-10-25 |
| Date approved | 2011-10-26 |
| Restricted until | 2011-10-26 |
| Date published | 2011-10-26 |
| Advisor (committee chair) |
Robison, Mark Power Diamond, Michael A. |
| Advisor (committee member) | Merriman, Lynette S. |
| Abstract | In August 2006 the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), through its internationally recognized program in Hospitality Administration, opened its first international branch campus in Singapore and graduated its first undergraduate cohort of 34 students in 2009. UNLV Singapore quickly expanded its scope of service; in the first three years undergraduate enrollment increased by 40 percent. In March 2010, UNLV Singapore partnered with the Singapore Institute of Technology to increase access for undergraduate Singaporean students and in August 2010, UNLV Singapore welcomed its largest cohort to date, 280 first-year students. UNLV Singapore purports to accomplish its student and researched-focused mission by creating and sustaining a student-centered learning environment. A single case study was conducted to determine how this Singapore campus differs from traditional brick and mortar home institutions in seeking to create and maintain a student-centered campus environment for UNLV's undergraduate program. Specifically, this case study addressed the formal and informal roles of faculty, staff, and students at the Singapore location and how they contributed to the creation and maintenance of the institutional culture. ❧ The principal finding from the analysis of interviews, participant observation, and written materials is that UNLV created a student-centered environment at its first international branch campus in Singapore by supporting holistic student development through elements found in the curriculum, co-curriculum, community, and culture. The results of student, faculty, and staff interviews demonstrate that the founding dean was the catalyst for creating an environment oriented to educating and producing student leaders that would become leaders in the hospitality industry. Students were given a variety of opportunities to assume informal and formal roles through the co-curriculum that allowed for the culture to grow and develop from student cohort to student cohort. Faculty and staff supported this process by engaging students both in and out of the classroom and promoting collaborative assignments and activities. |
| Keyword | campus culture; international branch campus; international higher education; internationalization; international student affairs; student-centered culture |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Rights | Jordan, Elizabeth Jean |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume71/etd-JordanEliz-358.pdf |
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| Full text | CREATING AND MAINTAINING A STUDENT-CENTERED CULTURE AT AN INTERNATIONAL BRANCH CAMPUS: A CASE STUDY EXAMINING THE ROLES OF FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS SINGAPORE CAMPUS by Elizabeth Jean Jordan __________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION December 2011 Copyright 2011 Elizabeth Jean Jordan |
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