Internationalization Of Higher Education Case Study

The purpose of this chapter is to set the background of the study. This chapter consists six sections. It begins with briefly setting the study within the historical and conceptual framework and development of internationalization of higher education. It tried to show why and how internationalization of higher education became important agendas of most countries and higher education institutions across the globe. The second section deals with the problem statement followed by purpose of the study and basic research questions and forth deals with rationale and contribution of the study. The fifth section defined few essential terms and concepts in the study and the final section under this chapter briefed the organization of this dissertation.
1.1. Setting the Scene
This comparative study attempted to understand the values that drive internationalization of higher education and how these values influence the international student mobility. Specifically, it explored the meaning, rationale, strategies and trend and experiences of international student mobility within the framework of internationalization of higher education (IHE) at national, institutional and individual levels in China and Ethiopia. The national, sectoral, …show more content…
Since then internationalization of higher education is defined and redefined by many prominent scholars of the area, that is discussed in chapter two. Here I would like to present the most frequently used process-oriented definition by Jane Knight, (2004), “Internationalization of higher education is the process of integrating international and intercultural dimensions in to the functions of post-secondary education. Since then, number of initiatives and programs undertaken by government, institutions and organizations that facilitate the change in both scope and