The Missing Link in Intercultural Competence Development: The University’s Organizational Capability to Deliver

Authors

  • Jeanine Gregersen-Hermans

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2014.78.5800

Keywords:

Intercultural competence, learning outcomes, organizational capability

Abstract

Internationalization is an established reality at most continental European universities, with intercultural competence development as one of its traditional rationales. The problem is that there is little clarity on how higher education institutions have progressed in this regard. The organizational capability to deliver forms a missing link; constraints can be observed at the level of the institution, the academic discipline and the individual academic. A university wide change program focusing on intercultural competence development seems needed.

Author Biography

Jeanine Gregersen-Hermans

Jeanine Gregersen – Hermans is director of Student Recruitment at the University of Hull, UK. She is pursuing her PhD studies at the Centre for Higher Education Internationalization at the Universita Catolica, Milano Italy.

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Published

2014-11-15

How to Cite

Gregersen-Hermans, J. (2014). The Missing Link in Intercultural Competence Development: The University’s Organizational Capability to Deliver. International Higher Education, (78), 8–10. https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2014.78.5800

Issue

No. 78: Special Issue 2014

Section

Internationalization at Home

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