Internationalizing higher education: from grand plans to evolving responses
Purpose – This paper explores the complexity of developing into an international institution from the perspective of higher education leaders through the case study of one institution engaged in institutional transformation. Design/Methodology/Approach – This study employs the qualitative approac...
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| author | Mertkan, Sefika Gilanlioglu, Ilkay McGrath, Simon |
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| description | Purpose – This paper explores the complexity of developing into an international institution from the perspective of higher education leaders through the case study of one institution engaged in institutional transformation.
Design/Methodology/Approach – This study employs the qualitative approach and involves in-depth interviews with key institutional managers.
Findings - Findings suggest internationalization is a dynamic change process that goes beyond the rational and predictive elements of internationalization and cannot be confined to the rational planning and grand plans solely at institutional level. Reciprocal influence of different levels of analysis – institution, society and the nation – needs to be acknowledged and internationalization efforts need to go beyond the confines of the institution and extend into the society and the nation as a whole.
Originality/Value - Internationalization of higher education has been widely examined, but the reciprocal influence of different levels of analysis on the internationalization efforts of higher education institutions is thin to which this paper contributes. |
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| spelling | nottingham-353752020-05-04T18:08:29Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/35375/ Internationalizing higher education: from grand plans to evolving responses Mertkan, Sefika Gilanlioglu, Ilkay McGrath, Simon Purpose – This paper explores the complexity of developing into an international institution from the perspective of higher education leaders through the case study of one institution engaged in institutional transformation. Design/Methodology/Approach – This study employs the qualitative approach and involves in-depth interviews with key institutional managers. Findings - Findings suggest internationalization is a dynamic change process that goes beyond the rational and predictive elements of internationalization and cannot be confined to the rational planning and grand plans solely at institutional level. Reciprocal influence of different levels of analysis – institution, society and the nation – needs to be acknowledged and internationalization efforts need to go beyond the confines of the institution and extend into the society and the nation as a whole. Originality/Value - Internationalization of higher education has been widely examined, but the reciprocal influence of different levels of analysis on the internationalization efforts of higher education institutions is thin to which this paper contributes. Emerald 2016-10-01 Article PeerReviewed Mertkan, Sefika, Gilanlioglu, Ilkay and McGrath, Simon (2016) Internationalizing higher education: from grand plans to evolving responses. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 29 (6). pp. 889-902. ISSN 0953-4814 Internationalization Higher education Change management Educational change http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/JOCM-10-2015-0185 doi:10.1108/JOCM-10-2015-0185 doi:10.1108/JOCM-10-2015-0185 |
| spellingShingle | Internationalization Higher education Change management Educational change Mertkan, Sefika Gilanlioglu, Ilkay McGrath, Simon Internationalizing higher education: from grand plans to evolving responses |
| title | Internationalizing higher education: from grand plans to evolving responses |
| title_full | Internationalizing higher education: from grand plans to evolving responses |
| title_fullStr | Internationalizing higher education: from grand plans to evolving responses |
| title_full_unstemmed | Internationalizing higher education: from grand plans to evolving responses |
| title_short | Internationalizing higher education: from grand plans to evolving responses |
| title_sort | internationalizing higher education: from grand plans to evolving responses |
| topic | Internationalization Higher education Change management Educational change |
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