Intercultural Competence: An Emerging Focus in International Higher Education

The Impact of Exposure to Diversity in the International University Environment and the Development of Intercultural Competence in Students

“…Furthermore, the assessment of the level of intercultural competence in this study relied on a single measure, the IDI. According to Deardorff and Jones (2012), for a more in-depth analysis of the level of intercultural competence a multiple assessment approach is essential. Future research on the impact of the social interactions on campus needs to take this into account.…”

“…Both in terms of accountability and impact of activities, the current discourse expresses the need for studies that clarify the relationship between the internationalization activities in higher education and its desired outcomes, like intercultural competence (Berg et al 2012;de Wit 2011;Deardorff 2009b;. The studies on assessing the impact of internationalization for developing intercultural competence (Alred and Byram 2002;Berg et al 2012;Paige et al 2003Paige et al , 2009Peppas 2005) however, primarily focus on study abroad and student mobility, on intercultural learning at the classroom level, on the experience and acculturation of individual students (Deardorff and Jones 2012;Smith and Khawaja 2011). Although some factors seem to influence the development of intercultural competence, such as immersion into the host culture, length of stay, previous experience abroad and language ability (i.e.…”

The Drive to Internationalize: Perceptions and Motivations of Israeli College Directors

“…Several studies (Altbach and Knight, 2007;Beerkens et al, 2010;Deardorff and Jones, 2012) indicated an increase in the importance of and attention granted to supporting internationalization in higher education in recent years. Internationalization over the last years has transformed from a reactive issue to a proactive, strategic one, from added value to mainstream; as such, its focus, scope and content evolved substantially (de Wit, 2010).…”

Internationalizing Higher Education

“…Intercultural skills training programs can help prepare staff to model and to guide students' intercultural competence development (Deardorff & Jones, 2012). Intercultural skills training programs can help prepare staff to model and to guide students' intercultural competence development (Deardorff & Jones, 2012).…”