THE INTERNATIONALIZATION AS A COMPONENT OF THE NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR IMPROVEMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION SPACE IN UKRAINE

Yuliya Zayachuk

doi:10.37472/2617-3107-2021-4-15

Abstract

The paper is devoted to the study of the issue of internationalization as a component of the national strategy for improvement of the higher education space in Ukraine. It is shown that internationalization of higher education is an instrument of achieving academic goals, values of cooperation and mutual benefit. The internationalization of higher education is seen as a multilevel phenomenon that includes supranational, continental, national, institutional, and individual levels. The national level of internationalization of higher education is analysed in detail on the example of higher education space in Ukraine. It is noted that Ukraine has made significant achievements in the internationalization of higher education through the implementation of the Bologna reform and reform in higher education management and governance. New opportunities for higher education in Ukraine through current international research and educational projects and cooperation with international organizations are highlighted. The institutional level of internationalization of higher education is presented on the example of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. Some findings of the author research of the attitude of students of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv to the issues of internationalization are also presented.

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The international dimension of higher education is becoming increasingly important, complex, and confusing
Nowadays internationalization of higher education has become a confident component of the national strategy for improvement of higher education space in Ukraine as well as an instrument of achieving academic goals, values of cooperation and mutual benefit
A discussion in defining the internationalization in higher education was initiated by the research of Harari in 1972, and at the organizational level, the issue of internationalization has been put on the agenda by the special UNESCO commission chaired by Delors in 1996

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The international dimension of higher education is becoming increasingly important, complex, and confusing. After several decades of intense development internationalization has grown in scope and importance. There is no question that it has transformed the world of higher education. To operate and develop in current higher education dynamics, universities should simultaneously compete, positioning themselves, and cooperate, overcoming obstacles by joint efforts with partners. Internationalization is a term having many aspects. A discussion in defining the internationalization in higher education was initiated by the influential research of M. Harari in 1972 (Harari, 1972), and this definition included three elements – international content of the curricula, international mobility of students and researchers, arrangements that engage a system of education cooperation programs beyond its national boundaries

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