Transcending Borders in Higher Education: Internationalisation Policies in Sweden

Autor/inn/en	Alexiadou, Nafsika; Rönnberg, Linda
Titel	Transcending Borders in Higher Education: Internationalisation Policies in Sweden
Quelle	In: European Educational Research Journal, 21 (2022) 3, S.504-519 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Alexiadou, Nafsika)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1474-9041
DOI	10.1177/1474904120988383
Schlagwörter	International Education; Higher Education; Educational Policy; Educational Change; Competition; Foreign Countries; Educational Strategies; Social Mobility; Social Justice; Educational Objectives; Economic Development; Employment Potential; Knowledge Economy; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Internationale Erziehung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsreform; Wettkampf; Ausland; Lehrstrategie; Soziale Mobilität; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Knowledge society; Economy; Wissensgesellschaft; Wirtschaft; Schweden
Abstract	This article examines the national and European policy contexts that shaped the Swedish internationalisation agenda in higher education since 2000, the policy ideas that were mobilised to promote it, and the national priorities that steered higher education debates. The analysis highlights how domestic and European policy priorities, as well as discourses around increasing global economic reach and building solidarity across the world, have produced an internationalisation strategy that is distinctly 'national'. Drawing on the analysis of the most recent internationalisation strategies we argue that the particular Swedish approach to internationalisation has its ideational foundations in viewing higher education as a political instrument to promote social mobility and justice, as well as a means to develop economic competitiveness and employability capacity. In addition, internationalisation has been used to legitimise national reform goals, but also as a policy objective on its own with the ambition to position Sweden as a competitive knowledge nation in a global context. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2022/4/11