By Brendan O'Malley. Universities around the world are continuing to internationalise at an ever faster pace. They want their students to have trans-continental horizons when it comes to the world of work, and are hungry to be involved in worldwide research collaborations. Read more...
Markusen has defined ‘fuzzy concept’ as ”one which posits an entity, phenomenon or process which possesses two or more alternative meanings and thus cannot be reliably identified or applied by different readers or scholars” (Markusen, 2003, p.702).
“We use the term more and more and seem to pay less and less attention to what it means. While the need for global and international studies is generally accepted, there is no agreement as to what it means or how this can be implemented” (Schoorman, 2000, p.3). Internationalisation of higher education is understood differently by different people. It sounds a fuzzy concept probably because the concept is built upon the experiences and activities of the global North. Its fuzzines also emanates from the unidirectional articulation of its perspective. More...
By Elizabeth Redden. Researchers survey the landscape of internationalization in higher education. Read more...
We engage with and respond to the debate raised by this theme issue of the International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning with a particular question in mind: namely, as universities are using new labor displacing technologies to export degrees to meet the international demand for higher education, how is this influencing – negatively and positively – the workers involved? Contemporary transitions in political and economic globalization are being used to press universities into becoming ‘transnational businesses,’ seemingly driven by a primary concern for marketing educational commodities. More...
By Brendan O’Malley – Managing Editor. Today University World News has reached a new milestone, publishing its 400th issue. In Commentary, Sheila Trahar looks at ways that the internationalisation of higher education institutions might help foster social justice within and across borders, and avoid the risk of perpetuating inequity. Camille B Kandiko Howson outlines recent research findings on the barriers to career progression that women in academia encounter in mid-career. Brenda Gourley offers some pragmatic solutions to higher education stakeholders in their efforts to address the challenge of the ‘youth bulge’, particularly in emerging markets.
Ararat Osipian proposes that the reality on the ground and the motivation in imposing English as a second language at universities in countries like Indonesia and Ukraine be more closely examined. And Adam Habib encourages a thoughtful activism in the South African student movement, as the current populism, if unconstrained, could result in a higher education system that enables access, but destroys quality.
In our Academic Freedom section, Celal Cahit Agar and Steffen Böhm say that the stand taken by Turkish academics against their government’s brutal clampdown in Kurdish regions, for which they have been punished and even imprisoned, has sent a wake-up call to the international public. Neil Pyper says that the murder and torture in Egypt of his friend and fellow scholar, Giulio Regeni, a doctoral student from Cambridge University, is an attack on academic freedom which demands a strong response. And, in News, Brendan O’Malley reports on the growing international demands for a thorough investigation into his death.
In World Blog this week, Patrick Blessinger articulates his views that the right to lifelong learning and education is one of the main human rights issues of our generation, and that higher education is a powerful catalyst for change. Read more...
By Ellie Bothwell. ‘Strategic entrepreneurs’ among staff can develop successful cross-border partnerships, argues Northumbria lecturer. More...
By Beckie Smith. The Institute of International Education has announced the winners of its annual Andrew Heiskell Awards for Innovation in International Education, which include for the first time an award for Internationalising the Historically Black Colleges and Universities. More...
A l’occasion de la réunion plénière du Forum Campus France qui s’est tenue le 10 décembre 2015, Thierry Mandon a insisté sur le rôle majeur joué par Campus France au service de l’enseignement supérieur français. Il s’est également exprimé sur la poursuite de l’internationalisation de l’enseignement supérieur. Voir l'article...
By Robin Matross Helms and Laura E. Rumbley. The new International Outlook Ranking (IOR), also referred to as the International Universities Ranking, presents quite a different list than the overall World University Rankings (WUR). Very few universities ranked high in one are also listed high in the other— 14 out of the top 25 in the WUR list (six American, six UK, one Canadian, and one Swiss university) are also ranked in the International Outlook Ranking. Read more...
By Robin Matross Helms and Laura E. Rumbley. We recently tackled the question of national policies and other issues in a report produced by our respective organizations, the American Council on Education’s Center for Internationalization and Global Engagement and the Boston College Center for International Higher Education. We first gathered examples of policies from around the world – no small task, it turns out – and developed a categorization scheme to make sense of the wide variety we encountered. Read more...
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