Contact Infomation:
Professor James Fairweather, Director,
Center for Higher and Adult Education,
416 Erickson,
Michigan State University,
East Lansing, MI 48824-1034
517-353-3387
fairwea4@msu.edu

PUBLICATIONS

The following publications were supported by Center financing. Opinions expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Center.

Research Annals: A publication of the program in Higher, Adult & Lifelong Education. (2007). Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.

Mabokela, R.O. (Ed). (2007). Soaring Beyond Boundaries: Women Breaking Barriers in Traditional Societies. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishers.

Mabokela, R.O. (2007). The Impact of Globalization on the Academic Profession in South Africa: A Case Study of the Merger of New University. In N. Stromquist (Ed.). The Impact of Globalization on the Academic Profession (pp. 181-210). Rotterdam, Netherlands. Sense Publishers.

Stromquist, N.P., Gil-Antón, M., Colatrella, C., Mabokela, R.O., Smolentseva, A., and Balbachevsky, E. (2007). The Contemporary Professoriate: Towards a Diversified or Segmented Profession? Higher Education Quarterly, 61 (2), pp.114-135.

Stromquist, N.P., Balbachevsky, E., Colatrella, C., Gil-Antón, M., Mabokela, R.O., and Smolentseva, A.. (2007). The Academic Profession in the Globalization Age: Key Trends, Challenges, and Possibilities. In P.G. Altbach & P.M Paterson (Eds.). Higher Education in the New Century: Global Challenges and Innovative Ideas (pp. 1-33). Rotterdam, Netherlands. Sense Publishers.

Dirkx, J. M., Jessup Anger, J. E., Brender, J. R., Gwekwerere, B., & Smith. R. O. (2006). Emotion and cross-cultural experience: The messy business of self-formation in adult learning. In L. Savage & T. Fenwick (Eds.), Proceedings of the Joint International Conference of the Adult Education Research Conference 48th National Conference and the Canadian Assocation for the Study of Adult Education 26th National Conference (pp. 163-168), Halifax: Mt. St. Vincent University, June 6-9.

Dirkx, J. M., Jessup Anger, J. E., Brender, J. R., Gwekwerere, B., & Smith, R. O. (2006). Beyond culture shock: The meaning of affect and emotions in international education experiences. In E. P. Issac (Ed.), Proceedings of the 2006 Midwest research to practice conference in adult, continuing, extension and community education (pp. 43- 48). St. Louis: University of Missouri – St. Louis, Oct 4-6.

Dirkx, J. M., Jessup Anger, J. E., Brender, J. R., & Gwekwerere, B. (2006). Beyond culture shock: Short-term study abroad for adult learners as a process of self-formation. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, Nov 7-9, Milwaukee: University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee.

Dirkx, J. M., Renn, K. Lap, T.Q., & Nam, N. T. H. (2006). Project-based faculty development: A collaborative project of Can Tho University and Michigan State University. The Pen – Postsecondary Education Network, Fall, pp. 9-11.

Dirkx, J. M., Renn, K. Lap, T.Q., & Nam, N. T. H. (2006). Project-based faculty development: A collaborative project of Can Tho University and Michigan State University. The Pen - Postsecondary Education Network, Fall, pp. 9-11. http://www.aera.net/uploadedFiles/Divisions/Postsecondary_Education_(J)/Newsletters/fall%202006.pdf

Chapman, D.W., & Austin, A. E. (Eds.). (2002). Higher education in the developing world: Changing contexts and institutional responses. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

Austin, A. E. (2001). Transformation through negotiation: The University of Port Elizabeth's experiences, challenges, and progress. In R. O. Mabokela & K. L. King (Eds.), Apartheid no more: Case studies of Southern African universities in the process of transformation (pp. 1-36). Greenwood Press.

Austin, A. E. (1998). Collegial conversation as metaphor and strategy for staff development. South African Journal of Higher Education, 12 (3), 12-18.