Must the Internationalisation of Higher Education Come About Through Commercial Agreements?
OR can commercial agreements bring about internationalisation of higher education? WHY ask this question? BECAUSE education is a trillion-dollar industry
Purposes of Internationalisation To help ameliorate gross global inequality for a sustainable world To increase the capacity of people and countries to solve fundamental problems hindering development To maintain quality and standards of HE
Values Dissemination of knowledge Academic freedom Peer Review Openness Access Profit Product Control Competitive edge Commercial sensitivity Marketability
Academic Freedom Education Reform Act 1988 (UK) “Academic staff have freedom within the law to question and test received wisdom, and to put forward new ideas and controversial or unpopular opinions without placing themselves in jeopardy of losing their jobs or privileges they may have at their institutions”
Dissemination of knowledge versus Profit Science and Technology Sustainable Development Culture & Community Diversity & Language Dealing with Failure