Open AccessInternationalisation of Higher Education in Central and Eastern Europe: Conceptualisation of the Definition Inside the Region
Author(s) -
Monika Orechova
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
acta paedagogica vilnensia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.124
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 1648-665X
pISSN - 1392-5016
DOI - 10.15388/actpaed.46.2021.8
Subject(s) - internationalization , political science , higher education , institution , dimension (graph theory) , regional science , sociology , business , international trade , mathematics , pure mathematics , law
The article sets out to analyse previous research on the internationalisation in higher education in Central and Eastern Europe with a particular focus on the conceptualisation of ‘internationalisation’. While there is quite a lot of research regarding both theory and implementation of internationalisation, the majority of it is conducted in the West and the most commonly accepted definition hails from the research traditions of the Anglophone world. This literature review shows that when researchers in Central and Eastern European countries use the term ‘internationalisation’, they either refer to a policy change encouraged (or necessitated) by a supranational institution or global education discourse, or an education process through which an international or intercultural dimension is integrated into higher education.