Measuring University Internationalization

Measuring University Internationalization
Author: Catherine Yuan Gao
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2019-08-07
Genre: Education
ISBN: 3030214656

This book investigates university internationalization in different national contexts and compares internationalization performance across national boundaries. Internationalization has been recognised by policymakers as the key to perform successfully within the new global context: the author identifies primary motivations for universities to embrace this agenda, and deconstructs the phenomenon into measurable dimensions and components. Using extensive qualitative data from university leaders and practitioners, this book analyses the global forces that shape the international education landscape, and reviews the existing instruments for measuring internationalization. In doing so, the author proposes an integrated understanding of university internationalization and indicates benchmarks that can help to quantify and measure this phenomenon. This book will be of interest and value to students and scholars of university internationalization.

Internationalization in U.S. Higher Education

Internationalization in U.S. Higher Education
Author: Madeleine F. Green
Publisher:
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2005
Genre: College students
ISBN:

This study reports on the state of international education in the United States, primarily at the undergraduate level. Relying on existing data that is at times lacking and/or contradictory, the picture that emerges suggests that little progress has been made in internationalizing campuses nationwide and that undergraduates do not gain the necessary levels of international understanding, skills, and knowledge to effectively function in an emerging global environment.

The SAGE Handbook of International Higher Education

The SAGE Handbook of International Higher Education
Author: Darla K. Deardorff
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 553
Release: 2012-08-20
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1412999219

International Education as we have known it has evolved from a fragmented approach on study abroad and international students into a strategic and comprehensive internationalization concept that affects all aspects of higher education. The SAGE Handbook of International Higher Education serves as a guide to internationalization of higher education and offers new strategies for its further development and expansion in the years to come. With a decidedly global approach, this groundbreaking volume brings together leading experts from around the world to illustrate the increasing importance of internationalization. It also encompasses the diversity and breadth of internationalization of higher education in all its thematic facets and regional impacts.The handbook comprises five sections, covering key areas: internationalization of higher education in a conceptual and historic context; different thematic approaches to internationalization; internationalization of the curriculum, teaching and learning process, and intercultural competencies; the abroad dimension of internationalization and the mobility of students, scholars, institutions, and projects; and a concluding section on regional trends in international education and direction for the future of internationalization in the 21st century.

Sustainability in Higher Education

Sustainability in Higher Education
Author: J. Paulo Davim
Publisher: Chandos Publishing
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2015-08-24
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0081003757

Support in higher education is an emerging area of great interest to professors, researchers and students in academic institutions. Sustainability in Higher Education provides discussions on the exchange of information between different aspects of sustainability in higher education. This book includes chapter contributions from authors who have provided case studies on various areas of education for sustainability. Focus on sustainability Present studies in aspects related with higher education Explores a variety of educational aspects from an sustainable perspective

Measuring International Students' Expectations and Perceptions of Education Services in the UK Higher Education Institutions Using SERVQUAL

Measuring International Students' Expectations and Perceptions of Education Services in the UK Higher Education Institutions Using SERVQUAL
Author: Ibrahem Alshref Alshbili
Publisher:
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2021-02-06
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781636481067

International students have become an important primary source for universities in Western nations, particularly in major English speaking destination countries. Despite the publications on international student's satisfaction and perceived quality, little work has been done to clarify the conceptual basis of the service provided in Higher education institutions (HEIs) in the UK. HEIs, like any other business institution, needs to satisfy its clients in order to survive in their business and thus, students' opinions in educational institutions about all aspects of academic life are important in assessing feedback satisfaction and their feedback help in improving the education service quality. UK HEIs have seen a diversified international student base from China, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri-Lanka, Nigeria and Spain. Given the diversity of languages and cultures, it cannot be assumed that international students have the same expectations or requirements. With this dramatic increase in the number of international students and impact of COVID 19, challenges experienced by educational institutions and lecturers are key role to measure the legitimate needs of those students, then satisfy or even exceed them, while not losing sight of the needs of the local students. Considering the expectations that international students have and the problems they face adjusting to a new country and learning environment, there is, therefore, a need to analyse international students' perspectives in the light of customer expectations of quality service, in which this book will consider.

Measuring Up in Higher Education

Measuring Up in Higher Education
Author: Anthony Welch
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 391
Release: 2021-06-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9811579210

This book examines the quality assessment movement in academic scholarship, as globalization prompts a search for global measures of university services and output. It gauges productivity in terms of universal publication metrics, and considers ranking and research productivity from a comparative perspective. The book considers the use of the “impact factor” as a gauge of publication value, noting that this less important in countries lacking central government appropriations to universities and to research. It argues that pressure to publish in certain journals, and to research topics of interest to English language readers, has been felt differentially in English-language systems, compared to others, but also that performance pressures fall more on younger, more juniour, contract staff, than on senior and tenured professors. It problematizes international comparisons of quality, and analyses the benefits of a zone of ideas and metrics in a common language – promoting international mobility, efficiency, collaboration - but also the costs which are rarely borne equally across countries, languages and cultures. The book provides a strong, evidence-based contribution to major debates in contemporary higher education reforms and the measurement of academic output.