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Hazelkorn, Ellen – Policy Reviews in Higher Education, 2018
Higher education (HE) is a global enterprise. Its success (or failure) is integral to and a powerful indicator of the knowledge-producing and talent-attracting capacity of nations. But, the landscape in which HE operates today has become extremely complex; there are many more demands and many constituencies, each with an impact on and a voice in…
Descriptors: Reputation, Higher Education, Accountability, Government School Relationship
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Erkkilä, Tero; Piironen, Ossi – Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education, 2018
Higher education and innovation policies are today seen as central elements in national economic competitiveness, increasingly measured by global rankings. The book analyses the evolution of indicator-based global knowledge governance, where various national attributes have been evaluated under international comparative assessment. Reflecting this…
Descriptors: Governance, Higher Education, Educational Innovation, Competition
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Taskoh, Ali Khorsandi – Higher Education for the Future, 2020
Education is a tool for collaboration among nations. The emergence of concepts as internationalization of educational policies, students-staff exchange programs, internationalization of curriculum, internationalization at home (IAH) or even the emergence of multinational agencies to expedite global exchanges in the realm of Higher Education lead…
Descriptors: International Education, International Cooperation, Educational Policy, Foreign Policy
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Lin, Han-Yi – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2020
This research investigates the process of Englishization in Taiwan's higher education in the global context. Using semi-structured interviews, it explores perceptions regarding the implementation and implications of Englishization at the tertiary level. The results indicate that while the process of Englishization in Taiwanese higher education is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Language of Instruction, English
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Wen, Wen; Hu, Die – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2019
Although Mainland China is commonly perceived as a major sending country of international students, it is often overlooked as an important receiving country of international students. In order to address this gap in the literature, this study seeks to explain why international students from the city of Beijing chose China as their study abroad…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, International Education, Study Abroad, Foreign Countries
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Blanco Ramírez, Gerardo – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2016
This article presents an argument for re-reading Jean Baudrillard's ideas considering their potential contribution to the sociology of higher education, particularly in relation to contemporary debates about "world-class" universities. In order to apply Baudrillard's ideas, China's commitment to the development of "world-class"…
Descriptors: Universities, Reputation, Educational Sociology, Higher Education
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Nyangau, Josiah Zachary – FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 2018
The field of international and comparative education continues to evolve and grow in new and exciting directions. A substantial amount of research exists pertaining to institutional rationales of internationalization. However, little empirical research has focused on why academics engage in activities with international dimensions, especially when…
Descriptors: College Faculty, International Education, Higher Education, Teacher Attitudes
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Khan, Hira; Shah, Khairul Anuar Mohammad; Khalid, Jamshed; Harnmal, Majed Ageel A; Ali, Anees Janee – International Journal of Higher Education, 2020
This study focuses on the effect of globalization on university ranking and current developments and challenges that HEIs face in the global higher education market. It provides detailed information about the origins of international ranking systems, diversification of university rankings and strategic planning of higher education institutes.…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Reputation, Universities, Institutional Evaluation
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Yudkevich, Maria M. – Russian Education & Society, 2015
The author reflects upon the issue of the global education market, where leading universities turn into a matter of national prestige. But what could the specifics of Russian academic profession be, and are we ready to develop world-class universities? By analyzing data from surveys, conducted in Russian universities with the methodology of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Reputation, Educational Change
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Tarc, Paul; Mishra Tarc, Aparna; Wu, Xi – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2019
This exploratory study on the global middle class (GMC) examines three representative experiences of the tens of thousands of Anglo-Western international schoolteachers (ISTs), who teach in private, K-12, English-immersion international schools for extended periods of time. The notion of GMC provokes consideration of social class making and forms…
Descriptors: Whites, Foreign Workers, Western Civilization, Global Approach
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Marginson, Simon – Australian Universities' Review, 2019
This article discusses the University as an institution in three parts, moving from the abstract to the concrete. The first and longest section begins with the University as a social form or type: what it is, its inner motors, what holds it together; and its outer drivers, what holds it in society. The second section remarks on tendencies in the…
Descriptors: Universities, Educational Philosophy, Reputation, Educational History
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Karmaeva, Natalia – European Education, 2018
This article investigates careers of early-career academics in the Russian academic system as it strives to improve its position in the global academic landscape. The typology of "boundaried" and "boundaryless" careers is applied in order to analyze careers in Russia. Two types of academics were identified:…
Descriptors: Occupational Aspiration, College Faculty, Classification, Foreign Countries
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Alsharari, Nizar Mohammad – International Journal of Educational Management, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the internationalization market of higher education (HE) globally and HE field. It examines the internationalization status of HE in Jordan as influenced by institutional perspectives as an example from developing countries. Design/methodology/approach: This paper adopts a quantitative research…
Descriptors: International Education, Higher Education, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
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Kim, Dongbin; Yoo, Sung-Sang; Sohn, Heekwon; Sonneveldt, Erin L. – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2022
In this paper, we examine 15 academics who crossed national borders in response to the strong pull of recruiting efforts from a Korean university. These foreign professors at the case university are on tenure-stream and teach regular academic courses in various academic departments and colleges. By discussing their motivations for global mobility,…
Descriptors: Occupational Mobility, College Faculty, Case Studies, Foreign Nationals
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Hazelkorn, Ellen – New Directions for Higher Education, 2014
This chapter delves into the growing influence and impact of rankings on higher education, as a lens through which to view how the race for reputation and status is changing the higher education landscape, both globally and nationally. The author considers the extent to which rankings are driving policy choices and institutional decisions and the…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Reputation, Higher Education, Classification
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