Worldwide Multicultural Research
Santa Barbara, California  USA

Innovations in International & Domestic Education



Steven R. Van Hook, PhD
steven@wwmr.us

 

   Welcome

EarthA global heat-up is broiling the glaciers of traditional academia: Rapid-paced technologies, for-profit incursions, critical masses of international students mixing with domestics, burgeoning demands for distributed learning.

Already the online education market is seven times larger than the online music industry. For-profit education companies with just 5 percent of all college enrollments glean 35 percent of online students, in a field that's projected to grow 33 percent annually over several years to come. The top-three commercial education companies combine half-a-million students and $5-billion in annual revenue. With exponential gains in wealth and power, these eager entrepreneurs will take even bigger bites.

Today more than 2-million students worldwide study outside of their home countries. Of that number, some 25 percent choose the United States adding $13-billion to the economy. International students are projected to multiply four-fold to 8-million through 2025, at a time when global enrollments for higher education is forecast to reach 160-million, nearly double the count of 1997.

How will students worldwide gain access to learning? And how might competing nations best provide in an expanding education market? The answers call for innovative plans and efforts.

The links on the right and below offer readings, references and resources selected to help administrators, instructors and students discuss these and other challenges in international education.

 Research & Teaching Interests

Steven R. Van HookSteven Van Hook is experienced in international adult education, transcultural learning, economic development, news media, and business communications. He has held leadership positions in education and economic development programs through the United States Agency for International Development, Head Start, and ACTION. His interests include expanding worldwide access to learning opportunities – especially for developing nations – with research in transcultural themes and images; worldwide education access through appropriate tactics and technology; theories of learning; sociocultural influences on economic development; and organization of international learning institutions. He has taught for universities in the United States and Eastern Europe, including courses in transcultural communications, global issues, international business and management.

 Selected Publications, Papers, & Presentations

Van Hook, S.R. (2006). Access to global learning: A matter of will.
  US Department of Education Resources Information Center.  
 
(ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED492804). Also 
  available online at http://wwmr.us/Access-VanHook.pdf

Van Hook, S.R. (2005). Themes and images that transcend 
  cultural differences in international classrooms. Education 
  Resources Information Center.
(ERIC Document No. ED490740).
  (Proquest Publication Number 3200710). Also available online 
  at http://wwmr.us/Dissertation-VanHook.pdf

Van Hook, S.R. (2005, Summer). Universal learning at a distance: 
  Can we plug it in? Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 
  7(2).
University of West Georgia, Distance Education Center.
  Available online at http://wwmr.us/universal.htm

Van Hook, S.R. (2004). International learning institutions: 
  Organization, purpose, goals, and missions.
Walden University. 
  Available online at http://wwmr.us/VanHookKAM6.pdf

Van Hook, S.R. (2004, December 28). The doctoral student 
  experience: Learning and scholarship.
Panelist, Walden 
  University, Leesburg, VA.

Van Hook, S.R. (2003). Theories of intelligence, learning, and 
  motivation.
Walden University. Available online at
  http://wwmr.us/VanHook-KAM5.pdf

Van Hook, S.R. (2003, October 11). Transcultural communications: 
  Themes and images that transcend culture.
Seminar presentation 
  to the CATESOL (California Teachers of English to Speakers of 
  Other Languages) 5th Annual Fall Conference, Santa Barbara City 
  College, CA.

Van Hook, S.R. (2002, September 14). Fortifying the distance 
  learning culture.
Presenter, Antioch University Santa Barbara, CA.

Van Hook, S.R. (2000). Will global learning get online? Jones 
  International University. Published and distributed at forums 
  including the International Global Learning Forum at Appalachian 
  State University; the Global e-Learning 2001 Summit in British 
  Columbia; and the Australian Flexible Learning Framework 2000 - 
  2004.

Van Hook, S.R. (1997). Developments in the American media and 
  their relation to Ukraine. Annual Faculty Journal, Institute of 
  Journalism.
University of Kiev, Ukraine. 

 Memberships 

  • NAFSA: Association of International Educators

  • American Educational Research Association

  • American Association of University Professors

  • United Nations Association

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Resources

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Steven R. Van Hook
567 W Channel Islands Blvd #425
Port Hueneme, CA 93041  USA
(805) 253-0250

Faculty: University of California at Santa Barbara 
Extension Language and Culture Program

Faculty: Ellis College of New York Institute of Technology
MBA Program

Ph.D. in Education specializing in 
Transcultural Learning
Walden University 2006

Biography / CV

Courses

Course Discussions

Doctoral Program

steven@wwmr.us