Universities and global competition for graduate students: scenarios for Latin America

Transition of higher education system in UAE - an internationalisation perspective

“…For a complex and vast subject like internationalisation, the present study gives only an overview and each of the dimensions of internationalisation discussed can be taken up as future research areas. While internationalisation of universities is a major force in the development of global citizens and egalitarian society, from a governmental standpoint, "internationalization strategies are justified not only as a means for some universities to reach adequate quality standards, but also to achieve positive externalities on the system at large" (Luchilo and Albornoz, 2008). Universities have an important role to play in the growth of the nation towards a knowledge-based economy and they have to ensure that knowledge transfer is done in an efficient and effective way.…”

“…The sector comprises three types of facilities: institutions established by royal decree, governed by the federal government; government-accredited bodies under Center for Academic Accreditation (CAA) (2011) supervision; and free zone entities. Higher education systems have become diversified, with institutions and groups of institutions within a state or nation that have different and distinctive missions (Luchilo and Albornoz, 2008;Lynn et al, 2009) and UAE seems to have successfully adopted education hubs as their model. Hubs are planned effort by the concerned government to develop a critical mass of activities by providing attractive incentives to foreign investors like full repatriation of profits, besides tax exemption and good infrastructure (Knight, 2012;Tilak, 2011).…”

“…(2004), cited in Tilak (2011) Mode 2 has been the most common form of internationalisation since centuries, with 2.8 million internationally mobile students and which is expected to be 8 million by 2020 (Altbach, 2006). The international mobility of graduate students is the key driving force in the current evolution of universities and higher education systems (Luchilo and Albornoz, 2008). While international mobility among students and scholars is not a new phenomenon, the mobility of educational programmes or Mode 1 which encompasses distance learning and development of partnerships in foreign countries is also expanding.…”

“…As suggested by Luchilo and Albornoz (2008), a key challenge for governments is how to make the competitiveness of their flagship universities have positive effects on the system of higher education and on society at large which requires huge investments and funding. The research and development, university-industry collaboration, faculty and student exchanges requires adequate funding from the government and the GDP percentage spent on education by UAE and other developed countries shows that the country has to focus more towards this sector.…”

Transitions to democracy: the role of moral and citizenship education in Latin America

“…), which index many more titles in English than in other languages. Lack of cooperation in and coordination of research between scholars across Latin America, and hence publication, might also relate to the low academic exchange rate between scholars within the region (Knight, 2003), due both to the tendency to undergo postgraduate training in Europe or North America and to the greater availability of funds to pursue projects with scholars from those regions (Fisher, 2007;Luchilo & Albornoz, 2008). We found that, although edited in the region, many of the books on moral and civic education were translations of American titles or Spanish editions.…”