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Educated for Somewhere Else: Borderlands and Belonging in Caribbean Haiti

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This chapter examines internationalization and higher education in the Caribbean nation state, Haiti. Haiti statistically remains the most underserved community by higher education in Latin America and the Caribbean. Haitian scholars who strive to engage international higher education conversations are often obliged to cross linguistic, cultural, and political borders. Though Haitian scholars have excelled in international contexts, this chapter considers the complex international relationships negotiated by scholars in Haiti. The findings detailed in this chapter were produced during an instrumental, multi-site case study conducted with nine educational leaders working at three higher education institutions in Haiti. The evidence collected indicates that issues related to belonging and connection are central for Haitian higher education. As one faculty member said, “we are educated for somewhere else.” However, borderland research and Caribbean transnationalist studies suggest that the multipolar, cultural hybridity developed by Haitian scholars may produce more robust higher education outcomes both in Haiti and for the larger international community.

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The research for this project was conducted under the supervision of the Institutional Review Board for Human Subjects Research at the University of Texas at El Paso.

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    Lucas Endicott

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  1. Birmingham City Business School, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK

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  2. Lincoln International Business School, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK

    Andrea Caputo

  3. Lincoln International Business School, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK

    Dieu Hack-Polay

  4. Lincoln International Business School, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK

    Paul Igwe

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Endicott, L. (2022). Educated for Somewhere Else: Borderlands and Belonging in Caribbean Haiti. In: Lock, D., Caputo, A., Hack-Polay, D., Igwe, P. (eds) Borderlands. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05339-9_9

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