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- Title
Approaches to Measuring Internationalisation in Romanian Higher Education Institutions.
- Authors
Emóke.-Szidónia, Feder
- Abstract
International dimension of higher education (HE) has become a key thematic area, shaping and challenging the growing global competition all over the world. In Europe a supranational framework was implemented for more internationally attractive research, teaching and learning HE institutions (HEI), based on the core objectives of the Bologna Process, Lisbon Strategy and Strategy 2020. Starting with the HE internationalisation literature overview, the paper reviews and operationalises the highly complex, multidimensional and multifaceted process dealing with institutions, people and knowledge. In order to systematise its' content, some definitions, approaches and measurement rationales of firm internationalisation will be transposed and extrapolated to the academic heartland and particularly its' second level. With respect to profiling the HE internationalisation, quantitative assessment frameworks and indicators are assessed, being an essential compulsory aspect in current international commitment status evaluation and to further assemble new ways of international involvement improvement. Empirically, based on available secondary data we discuss some dimensions of university internationalisation in the European Union "periphery", especially the Romanian reality. Using ASIGMA Project data, we highlight the heterogeneity of measurement indicators applied by the national HEI in their perception of internationalisation degree evaluation. Also as a case study, the internationalisation effects accounted in 2010 by the West University of Timisoara are highlighted. The contribution closes with a few proposals for the Romanian context.
- Subjects
EUROPE; HIGHER education; ECONOMIC competition; LEARNING; BOLOGNA process (European higher education); UNIVERSITIES &; colleges
- Publication
Quality Assurance Review, 2011, Vol 3, Issue 2, p134
- ISSN
2066-9119
- Publication type
Article