Welcome
A
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 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
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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.
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NAFSA: Association of
International Educators
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American Educational Research
Association
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American Association of
University Professors
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United Nations Association
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