scholarly journals Internationalization of Higher Education in Post-Soviet Ukraine

2014 ◽  
pp. 25-27
Author(s):  
Valentyna Kushnarenko ◽  
Sonja Knutson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Developmental Trajectory ◽  
The European Union ◽  
International Mobility ◽  
Scarce Resources ◽  
International Knowledge ◽  
Access To Knowledge ◽  
Dual Degree ◽  
Higher Education Internationalization

Internationalization of Ukrainian higher education is becoming an important topic of discussion at national and institutional levels. Ukrainian universities consider internationalization as a major tool to impel much needed internal change and improve access to knowledge, research and funding across borders. Ukrainian students view international opportunities as critical to succeed in the European job market. Ukraine, an ex-USSR republic, which borders NATO and the European Union countries on the West and Russia on the East, maintains a semi-peripheral position in the international knowledge system. It tries to locate its own niche internationally and still hesitates about which developmental trajectory to follow.  This paper investigates how Ukrainian universities approach the development of international outreach capacity in order to interact with potential partners on student/faculty international mobility, curriculum development, joint/dual degree initiatives, etc. Disproportionate distribution of already scarce resources, the role of historical preference towards cross-border and linguistic inclinations, and current active protests against the state government’s decision to stop the preparation process for an EU agreement emerge as important factors to shape the current Ukrainian higher education internationalization agenda.

INNOVATIONS IN POLICY OF TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITIES IN THE CONTEXT OF ACADEMIC REVOLUTIONS

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
University Education ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Third ◽  
Educational Processes ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Developed Countries

Categories of the academic revolutions and innovations in a perspective of educational policy at the higher school are considered. Special attention is paid to the development of innovations in training at the foreign and Ukrainian universities, since X1X of a century up to now. It is noted that agricultural, industrial, global, demographic and other revolutions created basis for the academic revolutions which resulted from transformations of society and caused innovations in higher education systems. The contribution of the academic revolutions in strengthening of role of the universities in society is confirmed. The major innovations in training stimulated university teaching throughout all academic revolutionary periods (after 1867, 1945, 1983) in developed industrial and developing countries, such as the USA, some states of the European Union and Ukraine. Emergence of innovations in policy of teaching at the universities during the first academic revolution, their modification during the second one, and new turns in transformation of innovations during the third academic revolution is investigated. Introduction of innovations in teaching differed in intensity and scale during the academic revolutions. On examples of teaching it is shown how political and ideological processes in society influenced functioning of the universities. An attempt to compare educational processes during three revolutions and to reveal the most innovational period was made. It is proved that innovations in training were implanted in three academic revolutions, the third one turned out to be the most innovative. The major innovations in policy of teaching were connected with the development of scientific and technical knowledge that contributed to the emergence of the information society. The developed countries offered the introduction of policy of cooperation in the higher education that made impact on innovations in university education. The Coronavirus pandemic of 2019/20 demonstrated the need to use various forms of Internet communications (Zoom, Google Classroom, Moodle, Whereby, etc.) to switch to new opportunities to teach students in higher education institutions around the world at the beginning of the XXI century.

scholarly journals Are We Facing a Fundamental Challenge to Higher Education Internationalization?

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (93) ◽  
pp. 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Altbach ◽  
Hans De Wit
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Freedom ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Branch Campuses ◽  
Education Community ◽  
Unlimited Growth ◽  
The One ◽  
Higher Education Internationalization

The global landscape for higher education internationalization is changing dramatically. What one might call “the era of higher education internationalization” might either be finished or, at least, be on life support. In addition to nationalist-populist factors, issues of academic freedom, ethics, the role of English, shifting patterns in student mobility, and concerns about transnational education, are challenging the future of internationalization. The current criticism about the unlimited growth of teaching in English, recruitment of international students and development of branch campuses, is coming from two completely opposite sources. On the one hand, there is the nationalist–populist argument of anti-international and anti-immigration. More relevant is the concern about quality, academic freedom, and ethics in the higher education community itself.

Three Approaches to Competing for Global Talent

2016 ◽  
pp. 114-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yulia Shumilova ◽  
Yuzhuo Cai
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
International Students ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Good Practices ◽  
Internationalization Strategies ◽  
Higher Education Internationalization

Although there is a growing awareness that international students are an important source of potential global talent, few studies have tried to relate the issue of student mobility to that of competition for global talent. This chapter is an effort to fill the gap. Particularly, it is aimed to conceptualize the major approaches to attracting and retaining global talents with respect to the role of higher education institutions. We have observed and characterized three models of attracting global talent, namely the Anglo-Saxon model, Emerging economies model and Continental Europe/Nordic model. The challenges and the good practices reflected in each model along with policy recommendations will help the policy makers and practitioners take a broader view on their higher education internationalization strategies.

scholarly journals Competitiveness of Higher Education in Ukraine and Certain EuropeanCountries: Empirical Studies on Funding and Academic Attractiveness

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Strong Dependence ◽  
International Mobility ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Funding Sources ◽  
Existing Form

The article deals with the competitiveness and funding of higher education in certain Eastern andCentral European countries. The development of higher education is characterized by certain shortcomings thatrequire the reform of higher education systems in such countries like Ukraine in the direction of ensuring theinnovative development of education and forms of its funding. The trend of recent years shows an increasedinterest of students in international mobility. Unfortunately, this process can positively and negatively affect theattractiveness and competitiveness of higher education in the home country. An idea of the article is to verifydoes the decline in demand for higher education in home countries could be driven by the level of competitivehigher education system or the costs of education, including the role of government quote on higher education.Secondly, determine the cause-effect relationships between the factors affecting the demand for higher educationin the country and abroad. The results of the research confirm the strong dependence of the competitiveness ofhigher education system on the existing form of its financing (the direction of using funds in favor of developmentcosts and the ratio of funding sources in the studied country) and academic attractiveness.

scholarly journals Are We Facing a Fundamental Challenge to Higher Education Internationalization?

2018 ◽  
pp. 2-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Altbach ◽  
Hans De Wit
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Freedom ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Branch Campuses ◽  
Education Community ◽  
Unlimited Growth ◽  
The One ◽  
Higher Education Internationalization

The global landscape for higher education internationalization is changing dramatically. What one might call “the era of higher education internationalization” might either be finished or, at least, be on life support. In addition to nationalist-populist factors, issues of academic freedom, ethics, the role of English, shifting patterns in student mobility, and concerns about transnational education, are challenging the future of internationalization. The current criticism about the unlimited growth of teaching in English, recruitment of international students and development of branch campuses, is coming from two completely opposite sources. On the one hand, there is the nationalist–populist argument of anti-international and anti-immigration. More relevant is the concern about quality, academic freedom, and ethics in the higher education community itself.

scholarly journals Modern patterns of development higher education internationalization

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (20) ◽  
pp. 70-81
Author(s):  
Oleh Zaikovsky ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Internationalization Of Higher Education ◽  
International Mobility ◽  
Higher Education Internationalization

The article is devoted to the study of modern transformations taking place in the international mobility of students due to the spread of higher education internationalization. It is substantiated that the internationalization of higher education is an important determinant of higher education development, national economies, and the like. The objective of the work is to determine the regularities and intensity of the development of internationalization in different countries and the features of the national policy on attracting foreign students. It is determined that higher education internationalization has become an important component of the development of many countries that differ in their level of socioeconomic development. The author of article analyzes the current trends in the development of international student mobility, identifies the features of attracting different countries to the processes of academic mobility, and determines the factors of choosing applicants in favor of international education. The multidimensional nature of the phenomenon of internationalization is proved, in the study of which there is a need to use multidimensional estimates. The proposed methodological tools by author for the quantitative assessment of the level of development of internationalization of higher education includes an index of national higher education system internationalization, the use of which allowed to quantify the process of internationalization of higher education. To identify patterns of development of this process in dynamics, and their intensity. It is substantiated that from the macroeconomic point of view, foreign students are an important factor in influencing the country's balance of payments, the development of the national labor market, the national educational system, and innovative development. Students who have received higher education abroad become an important source of development for the countries of origin, on the terms of the return of such students to their motherland. It is determined that modern universities develop strategies for internationalization of higher education actively, attracting foreign students, which contribute to the development of the level of international universities competitiveness, providing its financial stability of its development. It is proved that in response to the annual growth in the number of foreign students who are sent to highly developed countries, national governments and universities of these countries will direct their efforts to find new ways and arrangements to attract foreign students to study, including using the tools of migration policy. The main directions and methods of attracting foreign students are defined.

Reflection on education equity in Vietnam: Teachers' and students' voices in an English tourism programme

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-155
Author(s):  
Giang Nguyen Hoang Le
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
The Road ◽  
Professional Experiences ◽  
Unfair Treatment ◽  
Vietnamese Higher Education ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
The Status ◽  
Higher Education Internationalization

Abstract In this article context, I recall my memories as a Vietnamese English for Tourism Purposes (ETP) programme teacher and a student who grappled with many inequities in the nationwide process of internationalization of higher education. The equity-related issues include the teacher's unpreparedness with the adoption of foreign curriculum, the teacher's lack of recognition of the local cultures, and the unfair treatment of the Vietnamese ETP interns in the workplace. I write this article in the role of a narrator, sharing my personal and professional experiences to give the status quo of ETP education in Vietnam and the various nuances that help unpack the realities of this situation. This reflective article intends to picture the inequities in Vietnamese higher education internationalization that both Vietnamese students and teachers encounter and to pave the road for further discussions to construct future scholarship and research.

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