Beyond Internationalisation and Isomorphism -- The Construction of a Global Higher Education Regime

Autor/inn/en	Zapp, Mike; Ramirez, Francisco O.
Titel	Beyond Internationalisation and Isomorphism -- The Construction of a Global Higher Education Regime
Quelle	In: Comparative Education, 55 (2019) 4, S.473-493 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0068
DOI	10.1080/03050068.2019.1638103
Schlagwörter	Global Approach; Higher Education; Educational Change; International Education; International Organizations; Accreditation (Institutions); Conferences (Gatherings); Guidelines; International Cooperation; Educational Cooperation; Academic Degrees; Educational Trends; Trend Analysis; Networks; Discourse Modes; Partnerships in Education; Institutional Cooperation; Educational Quality; Quality Assurance; Universities; Standards; Qualifications; Foreign Countries; Public Agencies; Geographic Regions + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Globales Denken; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsreform; Internationale Erziehung; International organisation; International organisations; International organization; Internationale Organisation; Accreditation; Institution; Institutions; Akkreditierung; Staatliche Anerkennung; Institut; Richtlinien; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Education; cooperation; Kooperation; Degree; Degrees; Academic level graduation; Akademischer Grad; Hochschulabschluss; Bildungsentwicklung; Trendanalyse; Diskursethik; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Institute; Co-operation; Cooperation; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Qualitätssicherung; University; Universität; Standard; Qualifikation; Qualifikationsstufe; Ausland; Öffentliche Einrichtung
Abstract	National higher education systems are undergoing profound changes, discussed in many but unrelated studies as outcomes of internationalisation dynamics and institutional isomorphism pressures. We propose to link these studies by emphasising the influence of both internationalisation and isomorphism on the formation of a global educational regime. Through a broad range of indicators, we describe the growth of the discursive, normative, and regulatory dimensions of such a global higher education regime. We find evidence of the following developments: (1) a rapidly growing network of international organisations focused on conferences, initiatives, and programmes supporting a global higher education agenda; (2) a striking increase in the number of international and national accreditation agencies, their mutual cross-national recognition as well as the number of universities that are nationally and internationally accredited; and lastly, (3) parallel increases in regional qualification frameworks and in the implementation of national qualification frameworks. These developments create integration pressures manifest in the mutual recognition of higher education degrees, for which a new generation of regional conventions has emerged worldwide in the past two decades. We discuss these processes and their implications for understanding 'national' higher education as well as the threats and limits to the burgeoning higher education regime. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01