Leading Globally Engaged Universities (LGEU)

This issue of IAU Horizons offers a selection of thought-provoking papers on Leadership challenges and strategic management, thus fueling a reflection on one of the key thematic areas of work for the Association.
Leading Globally Engaged Universities (LGEU), by Robin Middlehurst and Tom Kennie
Importantly, the Association has drawn on the experiences and challenges faced by its Member universities and university associations in 130 countries to track developments and challenges in internationalization in different regions through regular surveys and associated dialogue across nations. Learning lessons from its diverse membership, IAU has also drawn the attention of governments, institutions, researchers and practitioners to the tensions and risks as well as opportunities of different aspects of modern-day internationalization in a context of globalisation. IAU’s Call for Action in 2012 was an affirmation and a reminder of the need to sustain strong academic values in the internationalization of higher education. Since then, IAU has focused more deeply on promoting ‘inclusive internationalization’ with such underpinning values as equity, cultural diversity, social benefits and reciprocity in internationalization strategies and activities (Egron-Polak and Green, 2015). More...