What Is Internationalization?

Gabriel Hawawini ()

Chapter Chapter 2 in The Internationalization of Higher Education and Business Schools, 2016, pp 3-16 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract I review the standard definition of internationalization and show that it is restrictive because it emphasizes the inward-looking aspects of the process, ignoring its outward-looking dimensions. I argue that the outward-looking dimensions are essential and provide an alternative definition that captures them. I then examine the international rankingsInternational rankings of universities and business schoolsBusiness schools to illustrate the limitation of the standard inward-looking definition and conclude by calling for the development of outward-looking indicators and the establishment of a new international rankingRanking comprehensive and international methodology. Based on the evidence from current rankings, I state two principles: ‘The De Novo Internationalization PrincipleDe novo internationalization principle ’ according to which it is easier to build a truly global institution from scratch than transforming an existing institution into a global one, and ‘The Top-Down Internationalization Principle’ according to which internationalization is more likely to succeed if it is an institution-wide process rather than a collection of uncoordinated initiatives at the level of courses and programs.

Keywords: Global educational institutions; Global university; Transnational university; Cosmopolitan university; Ecumenical university; Global knowledge economy; Inward internationalization; Outward internationalization; Comprehensive versus international rankings of universities and business schools; The de novo internationalization principle; Global talent competitiveness ranking; Internationalization of specific academic units (universities vs. schools vs. programs vs. courses); The top-down internationalization principle (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-1757-5_2

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