Critical perspectives on internationalization in higher education: commercialization, global citizenship, or postcolonial imperialism?

Bamberger, Annette; Morris, Paul

doi:10.1080/17508487.2023.2233572

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“…Knight & De Wit, 2018) even with critical perspectives (e.g. Bamberger & Morris, 2023), as well as how they can foster GC (Ortiz-Rojo et al, in press;Schattle, 2010;Oxley & Morris, 2013;Aktas et al, 2017;Pashby et al, 2020;Massaro, 2022) in relation to GCE (Piccin & Finardi, 2019, Guimarã es & Finardi, 2021.…”

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Global Citizenship and Internationalization at Home: Insights from the BRASUIS Virtual Exchange Project

Finardi,

Salvadori,

Wehrli

2024

SELT

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This paper reports on the BRASUIS Virtual Exchange (VE) Project carried out in two universities in Brazil and another one in Switzerland. The theoretical framework informing the research is that of Collaborative Online International Learning COIL/VE as a strategy to develop Global Citizenship (GC) and Internationalization at Home (IaH) in the three institutions involved. The BRASUIS project involved 26 students from the universities involved and eight international scholars as guest speakers. The project included both synchronous and asynchronous exchanges carried out over 14 weeks. The methodology employed to analyze the impact of the BRASUIS project on the institution’s IaH and GC approach is qualitative, using content analysis to look at data from reflection reports and observations produced by the project participants and lecturers. Results of the analysis reveal a varying degree of institutionalised internationalisation when comparing Brazilian and Swiss institutions and suggest that the BRASUIS project made a significant contribution to the development of GC and IaH in the Brazilian institutions involved and though it was a teacher-led innovation, there is potential to institutionalize VE projects beyond individual teachers’ efforts in those institutions. Results are discussed in terms of the challenges and benefits of VE to develop GC and IaH.

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Global Citizenship and Internationalization at Home: Insights from the BRASUIS Virtual Exchange Project

Finardi,

Salvadori,

Wehrli

2024

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An autoethnography of internationalisation: ethical dilemmas in Japanese academe

Dalgliesh

2024

High Educ

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Via an autoethnography of internationalisation, the article highlights the ethical dilemmas transnational scholars face when universities fail to denationalise their organisational culture. Section one explains the pertinence and pitfalls of autoethnography — writing oneself into existence over against a context experienced as domination — for grasping the ethical quandaries of transnational scholars in a Japanese national university (JNU). As section two shows, the persistence of ethno-national working practices in JNUs precludes both the equal treatment of transnational scholars and the recognition of their difference. Specifically, the discussion documents two mechanisms of marginalisation at the JNU in question, Tōdai (University of Tokyo): section three links the rejection of ethno-national diversity to absolutisation, viz. the generalisation of prejudice by gatekeepers in order to stigmatise transnational scholars as unfit for organisational life; and section four contends gatekeepers defend their territorialised academic culture through normalisation, which is underpinned by academic inbreeding that produces a hermitic community of sameness blind to its ethno-national prejudices. The article concludes with the ethical gymnastics of transnational scholars situated in universities that solicit their multiplicity without renovating their ethno-national culture. It also reflects upon the limited leverage of autoethnography beyond the Anglosphere, notably in a JNU organisational environment that does not recognise the strop of agency with structure. Finally, the article suggests Japan would be better off promoting a cultural form of internationalisation rather than following a commercial iteration with neo-colonial costs.

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Internationalization of Higher Education and Emerging National Rationales: Comparative Analysis of the Global North and South

Kapfudzaruwa

2024

High Educ Policy

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This paper provides a comparative analysis of national rationales to higher education internationalization in the global north and south countries using content analysis. The results reveal that the socio-economic rationales are dominant across most of the 27 sampled countries. However, they manifest differently across the global north and global south as countries interpret the benefits and effects of internationalization in line with their national priorities. These variations are being shaped by an increasingly complex, competitive, and multipolar higher education internationalization landscape with new global south actors acquiring agency despite the deepening global inequalities. As a result, political rationales are becoming an important driver to internationalization. The current geopolitical environment associated with global conflicts, health pandemics, and increased nationalistic, anti-immigrant, and anti-globalization sentiments is also adding more uncertainty and complexity. Due to increased concerns about this multipolar and self-centred internationalization, a few countries are starting to promote inclusive approaches to internationalization.

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Critical perspectives on internationalization in higher education: commercialization, global citizenship, or postcolonial imperialism?

Cited by 15 publications

References 84 publications

Global Citizenship and Internationalization at Home: Insights from the BRASUIS Virtual Exchange Project

Global Citizenship and Internationalization at Home: Insights from the BRASUIS Virtual Exchange Project

An autoethnography of internationalisation: ethical dilemmas in Japanese academe

Internationalization of Higher Education and Emerging National Rationales: Comparative Analysis of the Global North and South

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