Internationalisation opens up new debate on purpose of universities

By Abu Kamara. Internationalisation is shifting the way we think about higher education. As a paradigm, it has its own language, logic, strengths and weaknesses, as well as supporters and dissenters.
The current article identifies university-level internationalisation booster activities, place-based internationalisation booster strategies such as the marketing of culture, and recognition of various internationalisation consumers as some activities that are driving the shifts in our conceptions of higher education. University level-internationalisation booster activities offer a window into the belief systems that structure university commitments. One example is efforts to rebrand and situate universities and their locations in a ‘glocal’ context. This is particularly clear in recent increases in the amounts of money universities are spending on university and place promotions. Read more...