International Education John Winslade College of Education, California State University San Bernardino
It is useful to conceive of international education in Gilles Deleuze’s terms as having a variety of lines of force running through it. Lines of Force
41 An event Lines of force
Line of force The AID agenda Promote international understanding Contribute to development Avoid horrors of world war Promote peace Line of force
Line of Force The TRADE agenda Education marketplace Education as “globally tradable product” (GATT) Globalization Neoliberalism Increased mobility Increased global ranking of universities Line of Force
Line of Force Reduced government funding for universities Requirement to become more entrepreneurial Universities seeking to subsidize local students with international tuition fees Line of Force
Line of Force International students more problematized Getting US visas is more difficult Migration crisis Terrorism Line of Force
A recent Line of Force Economic nationalism Trump, Putin, Kim Jong Un Recognition of material competition Belief in gaining advantage over other countries Determination to get a slice of the pie as big as possible A recent Line of Force
Pressure on universities to take students from countries loyal to “us”. Rejection of the global marketplace ideal What can we expect?
Trends Fivefold increase in student mobility, 1975- 2010 Happening in every country UK: 10% of university budgets Australia: 3rd largest export industry Trends
Trends 25% of student mobility from China (2001) China is now becoming a host country 42% of Asian students stay in Asia (2009) Trends
Line of Flight Society founded upon knowledge Enlightenment ideal Knowledge as communal property Universities as places where people engage with knowledge Line of Flight
What should we do? Complex situation requires complex response Need new categories of analysis Focus on international study rather than international student Avoid exclusive focus on money-making or on economic nationalism What should we do? Line of flight
What should we do? Universities’ core business is in knowledge Engagement with knowledge Production of knowledge Knowledge should be at the center Knowledge is not owned by a student or by a university or by a country Needs to be a two-way flow What should we do?
What should we do? Need more transnational knowledge networks A university education is an international education Need a concept of academic mobility What should we do?