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Chris R. Glass
Program Director, Higher Education, Ed.D.
Professor of the Practice
Chris R. Glass
Ph.D.
Contact
Campion 205B
Telephone: 617-552-4285
Email: chris.glass@bc.edu
ORCID 0000-0002-6706-5613
Education
- Ph.D., Michigan State University
- B.A., University of Texas at Austin
Courses
Leading Teaching and Learning
Global Perspectives on Student Affairs
Executive Doctoral Seminar I and II
Research Interests
Comparative & International Education
Design of Learning Experiences and Technologies
Higher Education
Expertise
- Comparative & International Education
- Design of Learning Experiences and Technologies
- Higher Education
Department
Profile
Chris R. Glass, Ph.D. is a Professor of the Practice in the Department of Educational Leadership and Higher Education at Boston College, where he leads the Executive Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Higher Education program
His research analyzes and advances the intersection of international higher education, global student mobility, and the profound impact of emerging technologies on the future of learning. His expertise spans internationalization, geopolitics, and cross-border mobility—including both physical and virtual exchange—with a focus on how knowledge, talent, and mobility flows are being reimagined by technological change in a complex, multipolar world.
His research has been published in Higher Education, Studies in Higher Education, Higher Education Research and Development, Journal of Studies in International Education, Compare, Higher Education Quarterly, International Journal of Intercultural Relations, International Journal of Educational Development, and other leading journals.
His insights have been featured in The New York Times, The Economist, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, the BBC, NPR Marketplace, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and Inside Higher Ed, among others. He has served on the ASHE Presidential Commission on Artificial Intelligence, a UNESCO HESI AG working group for the Futures of Higher Education, and Boston College’s Steering Committee on Artificial Intelligence.
Select Publications
- Kaya‐Kasikci, S. ‡, Glass, C. R., Camero, E. C. ‡, & Minaeva, E. ‡ (2025). University positioning in AI policies: Comparative insights from national policies and non‐state actor influences in China, the European Union, India, Russia, and the United States. Higher Education Quarterly, 79(4), e70062.
- Glass, C. R., & Minaeva, E. (2025). Four Eras of International Student Mobility (1945-2025): Multipolar Securitization, Strategic Education Blocs, and the Rise of Middle Powers. Journal of Global Higher Education, 1(1), 69-88.
- Kaya-Kasikci, S. ‡, & Glass, C. R. (2025). Analyzing the influence of regional security on international student flows in the MENA region: A social network approach. Higher Education, 89(3), 573-589.
- Glass, C., Blanco, G. L., & de Wit, J. W. M. (2024). Building new opportunities for the internationalization of doctoral education through partnerships and collaboration. In Jones, E., Norlin, B., Rönnqvist, C. and Sullivan, K. (Eds) Internationalization of the Doctoral Experience: Models, Opportunities and Outcomes (pp,124-140). Routledge. https://doi. org/10.4324/9781003317555-18
- de Wit, H., & Glass, C. R. (2024). Navigating the Political versus Social Realities of “Responsible Internationalization”. International Higher Education.
- Glass, C. R., & Cruz, N. I. (2023). Moving towards multipolarity: Shifts in the core-periphery structure of international student mobility and world rankings (2000–2019). Higher Education, 85(2), 415-435.
- Woodman, T., Whatley, M., & Glass, C. R. (Eds.). (2023). Digital internationalization in higher education: Beyond virtual exchange. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003444237
- Niroo, W. T., & Glass, C. R. (2022). Illusions of improvement: aspirations and realities of quality assurance and accreditation policy in Afghanistan higher education. Higher Education Research & Development, 41(3), 952-966.
- Glass, C. R., Godwin, K. A., & Helms, R. M. (2021). Toward greater inclusion and success: A new compact for international students. American Council on Education (ACE).
- Gesing, P., & Glass, C. (2019). STEM student mobility intentions post-graduation and the role of reverse push-pull factors. International Journal of Educational Development, 65, 227-236