Abstract
Abstract The public debate, policy agents and stakeholders, and academic research brought to the center of the debate the issue of internationalization of higher education. Along with questions about what (and how) should be taught, the definition and measure of teaching and learning quality, the equity and diversification on Higher Education Institutions, a discussion emerges as to the meanings of internationalization trends and models in higher education. What does internationalization mean? Are there any measures or methodological parameters to assess it? What institutional models become dominant in the internationalization processes? Did internationalization increase the importance of science for the autonomy of academic institutions? Does knowledge diplomacy effectively contribute to institutional strengthening? Are there global and local policies and strategies for internationalization? How do they work? How do they connect to democratization of higher education? Which are the main agents in the internationalization processes - are they professors, researchers, staff, students, or other stakeholders? These questions form an entire research program. Some of them are already discussed in the dossier articles. Others are only outlined, indicating new directions for studies in this area.
Highlights
Higher education, which for centuries constituted a small and elitist sector in most societies, has become an important institution, in the context of globalization and knowledge society, playing a fundamental role in economic, social, and cultural development.The recognition of the social and economic importance of higher education has triggered a process of expansion and massification on aMaria Lígia de Oliveira Barbosa & Clarissa Eckert Baeta Neves global scale2
But not least, the production of new scientific, technological and innovation knowledge is a constant challenge posed to Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)
These dimensions have allowed for a perspective that analyzes the possible contributions of higher education systems towards increasing social cohesion, mainly by means of strengthening social connections and of the cultural diversity that would take place in the university setting (Marginson, 2016)
Summary
Higher education, which for centuries constituted a small and elitist sector in most societies, has become an important institution, in the context of globalization and knowledge society, playing a fundamental role in economic, social, and cultural development. But not least, the production of new scientific, technological and innovation knowledge is a constant challenge posed to Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). In this context, has become a field of great social and political interest as well as of debates and disputes Issues such as access, public support, tuition fees, private sector role, financing policies, research guidance and many other subjects have become topics of debate (Rumbley et al, 2014; Neves et al 2018). According to Neves, Sampaio and Heringer (2018, p. 20) “it is from this stance of recognition of the importance of higher education that its transformations take place: these are changes in scale and global decentralization of provision, changes in the configuration of supply and, especially, in legitimacy and recognition in contemporary societies”
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