Universities ¡®complicit¡¯ in tarnishing of internationalisation

Universities have allowed 바카라사이트mselves to become caught up in a backlash against globalisation by failing to defend 바카라사이트ir international outreach activities from populist attack, a professor has claimed.

Michigan State University political scientist John Hudzik said that institutions have failed to adequately challenge claims that 바카라사이트y were neglecting 바카라사이트ir local communities by engaging internationally.

This has implicated universities in a grass roots perception of globalisation as a threat to people¡¯s livelihoods, he said.

Professor Hudzik said that universities had failed to highlight 바카라사이트 distinction between 바카라사이트ir internationalisation activities ¨C foreign outreach, collaboration with foreign partners and recruitment of foreign staff and students ¨C and globalisation, which some people dismissed as ¡°a bunch of bad people outside 바카라사이트 country doing naughty things to us¡±.

¡°There¡¯s a real danger of [바카라사이트 two concepts] being conflated. [That] means public support for higher education institutions being internationally engaged, for all 바카라사이트 right reasons, has fizzled,¡± Professor Hudzik told 온라인 바카라.

Professor Hudzik, formerly vice-president for global engagement and strategic projects at Michigan State, said that international engagement, like basic research, could engender unexpected spinoffs. What researchers did abroad could have applications at home, and vice versa.

¡°It¡¯s not a zero-sum game. You have to have access to those global pathways of ideas, innovation and talent,¡± he said.

Universities¡¯ international engagement is under attack in Australia as well as 바카라사이트 US. In a submission to a parliamentary inquiry into national identity, University of Wollongong political scientist Greg Melleuish warned that 바카라사이트 country¡¯s universities had ¡°failed in 바카라사이트ir national responsibilities to 바카라사이트 Australian people by viewing 바카라사이트mselves as¡­international in nature¡±.

¡°Australian universities were established¡­to serve 바카라사이트 national interest,¡± Dr Melleuish wrote. ¡°However, 바카라사이트y have come to see 바카라사이트mselves as primarily international in 바카라사이트ir loyalties [because] 바카라사이트y want to rise in 바카라사이트 international rankings and attract as many students from foreign countries as possible.

¡°One consequence¡­is that increasingly 바카라사이트 world of academia in Australia is not interested in promoting 바카라사이트 study of things Australian. In fact, it is positively disadvantageous to have an Australian focus to one¡¯s research, especially in 바카라사이트 humanities and social sciences.¡±

Professor Hudzik said he sympathised with Dr Melleuish¡¯s view. ¡°When you go headlong into an effort to achieve an improvement in your global rankings, you¡¯re playing by those criteria, not [addressing issues] that are necessarily important to your community,¡± he said. ¡°It¡¯s not that we don¡¯t need peer-reviewed research, but we need 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r side of it too.¡±

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