The content of higher education internationalization policy: stakeholders’ insight of internationalization of higher education

Noni Srijati Kusumawati,Ismi Dwi Astuti Nurhaeni ,Rino Ardhian Nugroho

doi:10.11591/edulearn.v14i2.14581

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Abstract

The internationalization of higher education creates certain quality standards. All stakeholders must be involved and work together so that the internationalization of higher education can be successful. The purpose of this study is to analyze the implementation of higher education internationalization policy content from an internal stakeholder perspective. Policy content consists of the interests affected, the type of benefits, the target of change, the program implementer, the location of decision making, and resources. This study used a qualitative approach with case studies. The research site is Sebelas Maret University Surakarta. Data collection techniques are interviews and documentation. The data analysis technique is a thematic analysis. The validity of the data is done with credibility, transferability, dependability, and confirmability. The results show that (1) there is a conflict of interest between stakeholders in the implementation of internationalization in universities, (2) there are short-term and long-term benefits of implementing internationalization of PT; (3) PT's internationalization change target is contained in the Business Plan; (4) The farther away the decision-maker is, the more hindering the internationalization of PT; (5) Implementers of the internationalization program are chosen based on consideration of study experience abroad; (6) PT's human resources, financial resources, and infrastructure are still limited in supporting internationalization.

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Internationalization of higher education is the process of integrating international, intercultural, and global dimensions into the function of education to improve the quality of education, research, and the contribution of both of them to the society [1]
This article aims to look at the implementation of internationalization policy content from the perspective of internal stakeholders.The perspective of a stakeholder group can focus on interpreting and implementing the internationalization of higher education [19]
Grindle [20] said that the contents of the policy in addition to influencing the policy implementation process showed the existence of certain interests

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Internationalization of higher education is the process of integrating international, intercultural, and global dimensions into the function of education to improve the quality of education, research, and the contribution of both of them to the society [1]. Internationalization of higher education becomes an instrument and creates specific quality standards for all tertiary institutions which in turn creates world ranking organizations such as AUR, QS Star, WUR, Webometrics, etc [2]. The global ranking is considered capable of stimulating competition and is a concrete result of internationalizatio [1, 3] n. The need to improve the quality, qualifications, and competencies of international human resources so that they can strengthen the pillars of the country's competitiveness [2, 4].

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