Navigating Global Campus Management: Challenges and Innovations

Incheon Global Campus (IGC) is currently celebrating its tenth anniversary of hosting five premier universities and research institutes from Europe and the United States on a single campus in Incheon, South Korea. These IGCs have established opportunities for in-person class experiences with instruction in the language of English on-site in Incheon, allowing Korean and international students to learn together from highly qualified university professors and receive undergraduate and graduate degrees from these institutions. This panel discussion features voices from the leadership from four IGC universities: University of Utah Asia Campus, The State University of New York (SUNY) Korea, George Mason University Korea, and Ghent University Global Campus Korea. The leadership from these universities will address key challenges from their experiences, including regulatory compliance, cultural integration, and logistical coordination, while also examining innovative strategies that these institutions are employing to enhance their global presence and learning environments.

Panellists will address the complexities of balancing local autonomy with centralised control, ensuring quality and consistency in educational delivery, and fostering a cohesive campus culture across various locations. They will also highlight successful examples from their own experiences and best practices they have learned along the way. The discussion will also cover the impact of global campus management on student experience. Panellists will discuss questions such as how to support diverse student needs and the best ways to create inclusive environments for both Korean and international students.

The panel hopes to underscore the great potential for global campuses to offer an unparalleled global education experience as well as some of the challenges leadership continue to address in building their institutions.

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Panellists Gregory C. Hill (University of Utah Asia Campus), Arthur H. Lee (The State University of New York Korea), Joshua K. Park (George Mason University Korea), and Hugh Schuckman (University of Utah Asia Campus) speak at the joint IAFOR conferences on Education (KCE2024) and Arts & Humanities (KCAH2024) in Incheon, South Korea.

The Korean Conference on Education (KCE2024)
https://kce.iafor.org

The Korean Conference on Arts & Humanities (KCAH2024)
https://kcah.iafor.org

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About IAFOR
Founded in 2009, The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) is a mission-driven politically independent non-partisan and non-profit organisation dedicated to encouraging interdisciplinary discussion, facilitating intercultural awareness and promoting international exchange, principally through educational interaction and academic research.

Through its international, intercultural and interdisciplinary conferences, research, and publications, IAFOR is a network hub for interdisciplinary discussion across Asia and beyond, connecting individuals and institutions across the globe, and the thought leaders of today with those of tomorrow.

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