International Reach
I examine what I call the architecture of internationalization which consists of the three components that make up and sustain an institution’s internationalization process. These are: (1) the identification of the academic unit that will be international
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International Reach
Abstract I examine what I call the architecture of internationalization which consists of the three components that make up and sustain an institution’s internationalization process. These are: (1) the identification of the academic unit that will be internationalized (is it a course, a program, a center, a school or the entire institution?); (2) the particular elements within the unit that will be internationalized (is it the curriculum, the student body, the faculty, the research activity, the governance structure or a combination of these?); and (3) the medium that will be employed to implement the internationalization process (will it be an import model, an export model, academic joint-ventures, partnerships and alliances or campuses abroad?).
Keywords The architecture of internationalization Top-down internationalization principle International strategy International reach Import model Export model Virtual exporters Academic joint-ventures Academic partnerships and alliances Campuses abroad
The internationalization of higher education institutions is an evolving, multidimensional process. It typically begins with initiatives to internationalize the student body and the curriculum, extends to the internationalization of the faculty and programs, and culminates, for some higher education institutions, with the internationalization of their presence in the form of distributed facilities or campuses around the world.1 The current literature on internationalization is replete with articles and books that provide checklists of initiatives a higher education institution can adopt to embark on the road of internationalization. However, checklists of activities without a logical analytical framework are not very effective. To remedy this limitation, I provide in this chapter a simple framework that classifies these initiatives in a logical fashion in relation to alternative approaches to internationalization.
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See Kreber [1] and ACE [2].
© The Author(s) 2016 G. Hawawini, The Internationalization of Higher Education and Business Schools, SpringerBriefs in Business, DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-1757-5_5
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The Architecture of Internationalization
The architecture of internationalization consists of at least three fundamental components: (1) The academic unit that will be internationalized. Is it a course, a program, a center, a school or the entire institution? (2) The specific element(s) within the identified unit that will be internationalized. Is it the curriculum, the student body, the faculty, the research activity, the governance structure or a combination of these? (3) The medium through which internationalization will be implemented. Will it be an international partnership involving a student-exchange program with other institutions, an academic joint-venture with a foreign institution to offer a dual-degree or a joint-degree program, a broad alliance with a foreign institution that involves, for example, student and faculty exchanges a
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