摘要
Abstract
The paper critically reviews the widely adopted definition of"internationalization"of higher education shaped by Knight and colleagues since 1993 through successive revisions and intended for universal application.The definition has long led cross-border scholarship,discourse and practice,being promoted in support of a wide range of governmental,commercial and institutional agendas.However,the disjunction between idea and reality has increasingly troubled advocates of the definition,and underlying this tension are more fundamental difficulties.It attempts to unify contradictory cross-border practices under the leadership of the global West/North.The geography of the definition rests on an ideological binary of"globalization"(bad)and"internationalization"(good)that locks practitioners into nation-bound approaches.The definition is nonrelational in form yet relational in consequence,focused on characteristics of the self-the person,the institution,the nation-without regard for the effect of internationalisation for the other.H ence when applied by Western/Northern agents the definition facilitates continued Euro-American domination.The paper suggests a different approach to terminology,geography,relationality and power in cross-border education.Therefore,it is necessary to rethink the definition of"internationalization"in a way that lowers expectations but improves aspirations.The new definition should have intrinsic consistency and a stronger interpretation of reality,promote reciprocity of cross-border higher education more effectively,and integrate discussions on cross-border higher education between countries and at the global level.关键词
高等教育/全球化/国际化/跨境高等教育/欧美中心主义/奈特Key words
higher education/globalization/internationalization/cross-border higher education/Euro-American domination/Jane Knight分类
教育学
