1. Internationalization and Mobility
- Author
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Christopher S. Collins and Alexander H. Jones
- Abstract
Globalization creates conditions for higher education institutions to collaborate, and in this chapter the authors examine the state of international collaboration. The means by which internationalization in Asia often occurs includes degree sharing, twinning agreements, franchised programs, validated programs, distance learning, and branch campuses. Beyond an encyclopedic overview of Asian higher education collaboration, the authors apply an anthropological method to ask, “Are these methods effective?” Utilizing a case study of the Tokyo Convention, which is an international effort to advance Asian higher education mobility, the authors implement Appadurai’s concepts of global scapes as one analytical tool to assess the effectiveness of mobility. Documenting the providers and methods of internationalization is vital to understanding the current era of Asian higher education, but a more acute issue is to clarify why mobility matters, what it is accomplishing, and whether or not it is worth the investment.
- Published
- 2023