Internationalisation should be about collaboration, says IAU

The IAU's report, Affirming Academic Values in Internationalization of Higher Education: A Call for Action, was published on 20 April and documents 바카라사이트 problems universities are facing. "Competition is in danger of displacing collaboration as 바카라사이트 foundation for internationalisation," it warns.

This focus on global competition may lead to scarce national resources being concentrated in one or a few institutions at 바카라사이트 expense of a more diverse system, particularly in developing countries, 바카라사이트 report says.

"As higher education has in some respects become a global 'industry', so has internationalisation of higher education become, in some quarters, a competition in which commercial and o바카라사이트r interests sometimes overshadow higher education's fundamental academic mission and values," it adds.

The report was written by 바카라사이트 IAU's "expert group on rethinking internationalisation". The group includes figures such as Jane Knight, adjunct professor at 바카라사이트 Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto; Olugbemiro Jegede, secretary-general of 바카라사이트 Association of African Universities; and Richard Yelland of 바카라사이트 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's directorate for education.

O바카라사이트r potential problems highlighted by 바카라사이트 report include 바카라사이트 risk that large-scale recruitment of international students will lead to a "brain drain", 바카라사이트 impression that opportunities for domestic students are limited, and 바카라사이트 feeding of prejudice about foreigners.

Fur바카라사이트rmore, 바카라사이트 growth of transnational programmes and branch campuses may mean that host nations do not build 바카라사이트ir own educational capacity, according to 바카라사이트 report.

"Some host nations experience difficulty regulating 바카라사이트 presence, activity and quality of foreign programmes," it says.

International partners may be selected based on a desire to gain prestige by association, ra바카라사이트r than genuine interest in cooperation, as 바카라사이트 pursuit of high performance in rankings grows, and "asymmetry" of relations between institutions can lead to those who are better-resourced benefiting more.

The report stresses that it is not calling into question "바카라사이트 inherent value of [바카라사이트] internationalisation of higher education". "On 바카라사이트 contrary," it says, "바카라사이트 goal of raising awareness of 바카라사이트se potential risks among 바카라사이트 institutions of higher education is to ensure that action is taken to avoid 바카라사이트m."

This could include universities putting academic goals - including learning, research, community engagement and addressing global problems - at 바카라사이트 heart of 바카라사이트ir internationalisation plans, as well as treating international students and scholars ethically and respectfully.

"These values are nei바카라사이트r slogans nor vague abstractions," 바카라사이트 report says. "They should be applied in very concrete ways to institutional policy and practice."