International(ization of) Higher Education at the Crossroads

  • Hans de Wit
  • Fiona Hunter
Keywords: International higher education, internationalization, comparative perspective

Abstract

Where international higher education broadly analyses international developments in higher education at the system level, internationalization can be seen as a subcategory of this work, focusing more specifically on the international rationales, approaches, strategies, activities and outcomes of higher education at the regional, national and institutional level, and (where possible) in a comparative perspective. This special issue of International Higher Education seeks to highlight new and innovative dimensions in internationalization. It also gives space to examine developments in internationalization of higher education in regions and countries that are less known than English speaking countries and Western Europe. And it illustrates the increasing importance and diversity of internationalization’s conceptual understandings and lived experiences in modern international higher education. This annual special issue is a collaboration between the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College and the Centre for Higher Education Internationalisation at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan.

Author Biographies

Hans de Wit
Hans de Wit is Director of the Centre for Higher Education Internationalisation (CHEI)  at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, Italy, and Professor of Internationalization of higher Education at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences.
Fiona Hunter
Fiona Hunter is Research Associate at the Center in Milan, co-editor of the Journal of Studies in International Education and consultant, trainer and researcher in higher education.
Published
2014-11-15
How to Cite
de Wit, H., & Hunter, F. (2014). International(ization of) Higher Education at the Crossroads. International Higher Education, (78), 2. https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2014.78.5796
Section
Global Perspectives