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Is Internationalisation of Higher Education Having an Identity Crisis?

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This chapter questions whether internationalisation has evolved from what has been traditionally considered a process based on values of cooperation, partnership, exchange, mutual benefits and capacity building to one that is increasingly characterised by competition, commercialisation, self-interest and status building. Do these dramatic changes indicate that the once valued and perceived difference between internationalisation and globalisation of higher education is being eroded? Or is internationalisation having an identity crisis as to its fundamental values and what drives the process and outcomes?

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  1. Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto, 62 Wellesley Street West- Suite 1906, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5S 2X3

    Jane Knight

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  1. Departamento de Investigaciones Educativas, CINVESTAV, Colonia Granjas Coapa, Distrito Federal, Mexico

    Alma Maldonado-Maldonado

  2. The World Bank, Europe and Central Asia Region, Washington, DC, USA

    Roberta Malee Bassett

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Knight, J. (2014). Is Internationalisation of Higher Education Having an Identity Crisis?. In: Maldonado-Maldonado, A., Bassett, R. (eds) The Forefront of International Higher Education. Higher Education Dynamics, vol 42. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7085-0_5

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