In this IHEC Blog post I thought I would inform
readers that the Phi Beta Delta Honor
Society for International Scholars has started publishing their journal
again in the form of International
Research and Review: Journal of Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International
Scholars. If you have not heard
of Phi Beta Delta before you can learn more via their website and, if you are on a university
or college campus, consider forming your own institutional
chapter (currently in eight countries)!
I think IHEC Blog readers will
find Phi Beta Delta to be a great organization and something worthy of
considering!
Led by the
efforts of Michael
Smithee, Director of Publications and Editor, International
Research and Review aims to provide “a forum for scholars and educators
to engage in a multi-disciplinary
exchange of ideas, to address topics of mutual concern, and to advocate for
policies that enhance the international dimension of higher education. Articles
should focus on studies and systematic analyses that employ qualitative,
quantitative, a mixture of both methods, and theoretical methodologies from an
international scope. Both pedagogical and andragogical perspectives in teaching
and learning are welcome.” International
Research and Review will be web based and is being indexed by EBSCO, which
means it will be available in academic and other libraries. It is anticipated that one to two issues will
be published yearly. Thus, please consider this a call for papers.
IHEC Blog readers familiar with Phi Beta Delta
may recall that they previously published the journal International Review which was interrupted in 2003 due to the cost
of printing and dissemination. Phi Beta
Delta has scanned and loaded all of the articles from each of the twelve
volumes of International Review,
1990-2002, on their website!
The Phi
Beta Delta Headquarters Office moved to the campus of California State
University San Bernardino and is now under the leadership of Executive
Director, Dr. Rueyling Chuang.
I contacted my college’s Dean about this yesterday and wanted to hear his response first. It’s the kind of large-scale thing he wants our college to be more involved in, we’re very self-focused for the time being, and, as I’m sure you know, public image is worth its weight in gold to any campus.
ReplyDeleteInternational students have been growing in numbers in our institution as well even though we are a small college.
ReplyDeleteIt seems like a great idea for them to have this organization at our college.
Will pursue this further.
Thank you for the idea.