This edited collection examines the means to create, maintain, and enhance welcoming colleges and universities in the United States and abroad with personal accounts, case studies, models, programs, and other frameworks written by practitioners in higher education. The contributors explain how they have created inviting classrooms; established friendly educational experiences both within and beyond the classroom; engaged faculty and enhanced the teaching experience; and developed instruments to assess invitational strategies in higher education from a global perspective.

Contributions by: Natalie M. Abell, Tina Allen, Emily Boersma, Hilary Brown, Melissa A. Cain, Rhonda Chicone, Chiu Woo Chow, Yiu Bun Chung, John F. Cindric, Jr., Renee Collins, Amy Duncan, Crystal M. Giddings, Antoinette C. Hollis, John J. Ivers, Michelle Jackson, Julian Yat Cheong Leung, Robert Lockwood, Pattie Yuk Yee Luk-Fong, Jasmine Majkowski, Jude Matyo-Cepero, Julie McIntosh, Gwendolyn Mitchell, Laura A. Mitchell, Jim O'Connor, Charles B. Pierre, William Watson Purkey, Kendall J. Richardson, Matthew R. Shupp, Betty Siegel, Ken Smith, Dee Dee Spraw, Wendy Tilton, Trevor Turner, Stathene Varvisotis, Omar Garrett Wray, Mantak Yuen, Jane Ziebarth-Bovill