Abstract
Internationalization of higher education can be defined as the process
of integrating an international/intercultural dimension into the
teaching, research, and service functions of the institution. This
comprehensive analysis describes and compares the historical development
of the internationalization of higher education in the United States
and Europe, as well as providing a comparative and conceptual analysis
of the current situation in the field. The increasingly international
focus of higher education is dialectically related to the present
globalization and regionalization of our societies and markets. As
a result, the importance of quality assessment of internationalization
strategies has grown, international academic consortia and networks
have emerged, and English has been firmly established as the language
of communication in higher education. The combination of historical,
comparative, and conceptual analysis of internationalization of higher
education provides a framework for further research and practice
of this important trend in higher education. First, de Wit describes
and compares the historical development of internationalization in
higher education in both the United States and Europe. In part two,
the political, economic, social/cultural and academic rationales
for the internationalization of higher education are described and
a critical analysis of the different meanings and definitions, as
well as organization models and strategies are provided. In the last
section, internationalization of higher education is placed in the
context of recent globalization.
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