Globalizing Historically Black Business Schools: A Case Study of the Application of Modern Pedagogical Theories of Internationalizing Higher Education

Abstract

The AACSB and AIB have each issued reports aimed at ensuring the internationalization of business schools. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) – as underresourced entities serving an underprivileged constituency – may need additional attention. Unfortunately, neither the AACSB nor AIB reports mention HBCUs. The broader literature is similarly silent with respect to importance of ensuring that HBCUs, and the black business leaders they produce, are not left behind. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of globalizing business schools at HBCUs, and to offer the Memphis Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER)-related efforts as a real-world case study of the application of broad pedagogical theory on “internationalizing business schools” in an HBCU setting.

Keywords:

• HBCU
• Historically black colleges and universities
• Internationalization

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Ben L. Kedia

Ben L. Kedia is the Robert Wang Chair of Excellence in International Business and Director of the Wang Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) and Director of the International MBA Program at The University of Memphis. His research interests include Cross-Cultural and Comparative Management and International Business Strategy.

Jack Clampit

Jack Clampit is an Assistant Professor of International Business (IB) at The University of Alabama. He earned his PhD from The University of Memphis in 2013, and now studies links between institutions and the conduct and performance of multinational enterprises (including distal links—such as institutional antecedents on the front end, and societal level outcomes on the back end, e.g., poverty alleviation). He has won four best paper and two best reviewer awards, and has seven publications to date (in leading IB journals such as the Journal of World Business, Management International Review, and International Business Review).

Nolan Gaffney

Nolan Gaffney is an Assistant Professor of Management at The University of North Texas where he currently teaches Strategy and International Management courses within the MBA program. His research focus is International Strategic Management—specifically the institutional, cultural, and competitive drivers of MNE outward foreign direct investment decisions. He has presented his work at numerous national and international conferences, as well as published in International Business focused journals such as the Journal of World Business, Management International Review, International Business Review, and European Management Journal. He received his PhD in International Strategy from the University of Memphis in 2012.