The Drive and Nature of Internationalisation of Higher Education in Zambia

Abstract

While internationalisation of higher education is a topical issue in globalscholarship, it attracts limited scholarly attention in the Zambian context.This article engages with the drive and nature of internationalisation ofhigher education in Zambia. Informed by a descriptive multi-site case studyof six higher education institutions (public and private) in which data werecollected through document analysis, interviews, and questionnaires, thearticle shows that internationalisation was largely motivated by economic,academic, and social and cultural factors. While limited and constrained,it was characterised by student and staff mobility, teaching and learningresources, and research and collaboration, with the context of Zambianhigher education shaping the motives for and nature of internationalisation.The article also argues that limited funding had implications for theinternationalisation of higher education in Zambia.