Internationalization and Its Implications for the Quality of Higher Education in Africa

Autor/in	Oyewole, Olusola
Titel	Internationalization and Its Implications for the Quality of Higher Education in Africa
Quelle	In: Higher Education Policy, 22 (2009) 3, S.319-329 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0952-8733
DOI	10.1057/hep.2009.10
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Foreign Countries; Developing Nations; International Education; Educational Quality; Income; Educational Improvement; Quality Control; Standards; Educational Administration; Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ausland; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Internationale Erziehung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Einkommen; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Qualitätskontrolle; Standard; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Afrika
Abstract	African countries and other least developed countries could use knowledge to narrow the income gap between them and the developed world economies. Higher education (HE) is an important institution that these countries will need to develop and improve in order to meet this challenge. The world of HE is however changing everyday, and one of the major forces imparting and shaping HE at this time is internationalization. The author identifies the various manifestations of the process of internationalization and the rationales driving it in some selected African countries. A hypothetical evaluation of the implication of internationalization for quality in the African higher educational systems is presented. Internationalization has the potential for improving the quality of curriculum, students, programs, staff and facilities in HE systems. However, in some regions of Africa, where there are no appropriate regulatory mechanisms in place, internationalization can become a threat to the quality of HE through the activities of dubious international providers, dubious learners and commercial and internet degree mills. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10