The OECD's Influence on National Higher Education Policies: Internationalisation in Israel and South Korea

Autor/inn/en	Bamberger, Annette; Kim, Min Ji
Titel	The OECD's Influence on National Higher Education Policies: Internationalisation in Israel and South Korea
Quelle	In: Comparative Education, 59 (2023) 4, S.602-619 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Bamberger, Annette) ORCID (Kim, Min Ji)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0068
DOI	10.1080/03050068.2022.2147635
Schlagwörter	Comparative Education; International Education; Educational Policy; Benchmarking; Technology Transfer; Foreign Countries; International Organizations; Foreign Students; Student Recruitment; Global Approach; Local Issues; Higher Education; Political Influences; Policy Analysis; Israel; South Korea + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Internationale Erziehung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Technologietransfer; Ausland; International organisation; International organisations; International organization; Internationale Organisation; Globales Denken; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Politikfeldanalyse; Korea; Republik
Abstract	An extensive literature has explored the influence of the OECD on school education policies globally, while their influence on higher education policies has been underexamined. This article addresses that void by analysing the internationalisation of higher education in Israel and South Korea. We suggest that joining the OECD provided political legitimacy for both countries and that the OECD comparative metrics and guidelines were crucial in generating anxieties about their underperformance in the global market for international students. These metrics served as benchmarks for internationalisation policies and shaped the foci, aims and definitions of success (i.e. parity with OECD averages). The desire to compete spurred cross-national policy referencing and borrowing, initially with little adaptation resulting in a form of 'prefabricated internationalisation'. Over time, the (im)balance between global aspiration and local realities resulted in localisation. We argue that policy isomorphism is overstated, and call for the recognition of complexity in the convergence debate. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01