The Master's Degree program in International Education requires a capstone project or research study. The program encourages and supports a wide variety of projects. They include small-scale field research projects, library studies of a topic, designing and implementing a training program, analysis of social media, doing a participatory action project, or analyzing nonformal education programs.
Projects are rooted in the professional experience of the students and reflect the wide range of educational contexts that CIE has been involved in.
Nearly 300 Master's projects have been completed in the history of the program. Many of them can be found here.
Submissions from 2008
Transitioning to Diversity – a Qualitative Evaluation of the Process and Outcome of a Program Aimed at Increasing the Ethnic and Cultural Diversity of Nurses in Western Massachusetts, Noor Farida Fleming
Coordination by Default or by Design Implementing Education Programs in Post-Conflict: the South Sudan Experience, Sarah Kahando
Palé Fransé pa Di Lespri pou sa! A Postcolonial Analysis of Language, Identity and Power in the Haitian Context, Vanessa Mériné
Integrated Development: Best Practices for Girls’ Education, Rebecca Paulson
Submissions from 2007
Permanently Temporary: Roma Refugee Youth Seeking Schooling, Karen N. Binger
Multicultural Training for Korean Teachers, Bokeong Cheong
We’re Coming Out! – “Home” and “Away” Identities in the Field of International Education: An Emotional Construction and Negotiation of the Self, Paul St. John Frisoli
Undocumented and Undefined: College Admission Policies for America's Hidden Class, Jenise Holloway
Voices of Islam: A Photovoice Project, Erin Michelle Myers
Submissions from 2006
"I Can See Now" Understanding Literacy Practices in the Context of Afghanistan, Anita Anastacio
U.S. Adult Education for Democratic Social Change, Jennifer Cannon
The War on AIDS: The ABC's of Fighting this War, A Historical Perspective, Laura A. Ivey
Peace Education as a Coexistence and Reconciliation Tool: The Context of the Conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Rovshan Sadigbayli
Submissions from 2005
Exploring Gender, Reducing HIV/AIDS: A Training Design for Peer Facilitators of UNICEF Nambia's "My Future is My Choice" Program, Jennifer H. Chin
Is There a Slate Here for Me?- A Look at the Inclusion of Children With Disabilities in BRAC Schools, David P. Donaldson
The Epidemic of the Young: An Overview of the HIV/AIDS Situation and Current Preventive Activities in Uzbekistan, Firuza Gafurova
Prospects and Challenges: Teaching an Introductory Course on International Education in U.S. Classroom, Manaslu Gurung
An Analysis of Information Management at the School Level in Malawi: A Case of Lilongwe Primary Schools, Hatsue Kimura
Contextual Challenges for Application of the Minimum Standards in Education for Emergencies, Aiah A. S. Mbayo
Internationalization as a New Paradigm for Higher Education in the Post-Soviet Area: The Cases of Western CIS Countries of Belarus, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine, Olga Narbutovich
Preparing the Field for Implementing "Monitoring Learning Achievement" project in Tajikistan, Central Asia, Larissa Savitskaya
Expanding Access to Learning, Hui Zhao
Submissions from 2004
A Critical Assessment of Quality Education in Community Day Schools in Malawi: A Case Study of Mulanje District, Henry English Benstone Gwede