Open AccessInternationalisation in Higher Education:
Author(s) -
Hans de Wit
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of african higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2313-5069
DOI - 10.6017/ijahe.v7i2.12891
Subject(s) - internationalization , coercion (linguistics) , inclusion (mineral) , higher education , political science , intentionality , sociology , business , gender studies , linguistics , epistemology , international trade , philosophy , law
Internationalisation of higher education is still mainly considered in termsof a westernised, largely Anglo-Saxon, and predominantly English-speakingparadigm (Jones and de Wit, 2012), and, as Teferra (2019) states, is acoerced form of internationalisation. This article analyses the challengesand need for internationalisation in low- and middle-income countries tomove from coercion to intentionality and inclusion.