Critical Internationalization of Higher Education

This edited collection explores ethical global engagement in higher education internationalization. Chapter authors discuss the systemic inequities in who is served and for what purposes, while also providing new insights on what drives the why, what, and how of internationalization.

Autorentext

Melanie Agnew is an organizational development consultant with over 25 years of higher education leadership experience at both departmental and dean levels. She specializes in internationalization, guiding cultural transformation, facilitating leader development, integrating discipline-specific change frameworks, and in partnering with multiple stakeholder groups internal and external to the organization.

Jos Beelen is Professor of Global Learning at The Hague University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands. He is a Visiting Professor at Coventry University, UK, at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway, and at the University of the Free State, South Africa.

Inhalt

Part 1: Foundations of Critical Internationalization: Addressing Systems of Drift 1. Cultural Readiness for Internationalization (CRI) 2. Critical Approaches to Internationalization of Higher Education 3. University Governance and Internationalization: Navigating Disciplinary Cultures and Power Dynamics Part 2: Strategic Dimensions of Internationalization: Critical and Cultural Readiness Approaches 4. A Critical Approach to the Internationalization of Teaching and Learning 5. Exploring Incoming Mobility through a Critical and Inclusive Internationalization Lens 6. A critical approach to research into internationalization from a Global South perspective 7. International Development, Higher Education's Third Mission & the Internationalization of Service: Towards an International Community-Centered University Service Model 8.Collaborative Partnerships: Epistemic Fluency, Transcultural Competence and the Sustainability of Identity 9. Beyond Metrics: A Critical Framework for Evaluating Higher Education Internationalization 11. Leadership: A Call to Action 12 Conclusion: Looking Back, Looking Forward