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University Leadership in an International Context
Frans van Vught
Historical Roots
• Plato’s Academy
• Medieval “Wander Studenten”
• The Birth of the Research University
Internationalisation
• Increasing cooperation between nation states
• Activities and decision-making across national borders
• Major role for nation states
Globalisation
• Interdependence of economics
• Liberalisation of trade and markets
• Vanishing role for nation states
Internationalisation in Higher Education
• To be shaped by higher education institutions
Globalisation in Higher Education
• External macro socio-economic process, hardly to be influenced by higher education institutions
Internationalisation in Higher Education
• The Bologna process (EHEA)
• Nation states as major actors
• Higher education as public good?
• Higher education institutions as implementing agencies
Internationalisation in Higher Education
• The Lisbon agenda (ERA)
• Nation states as major actors
• EC as important facilitator
• Coordination of research efforts
• Higher education institutions as objects of policy
The European Commission (2003)
• European universities are not globally competitive
• The model of Wilhelm von Humboldt is less relevant now
• European universities need to face the challenges of globalisation!
Globalisation in Higher Education
• WTD and GATS
• Economic rationale (“market commodity” approach)
• New providers: corporate, virtual, for-profit
• Cross border delivery: branch campuses, franchise & twinning arrangements
General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)
• Designed to increase trade liberalisation internationally
• Aims to promote and enforce liberalisation of “education” as service
• Multilateral set of rules (1995; Uruguay Round)
• Administered by WTO
Globalisation & European Higher Education
• Should we open up for foreign access?
• Should foreign providers be eligible for national subsidies?
• Should funding systems be changed?
• Should quality assurance systems be adapted?
Opportunities for Higher Education Institutions
• Review teaching and learning programmes for international clientele
• Include “international dimension”
• Concentrate on high quality programmes
• Reach for international accreditation
• Development of joint programmes
• Increase of funding
Threats for Higher Education Institutions
• Extra investments in quality, staff, infrastructure, facilities
• Decrease of state “protectionism”
• Need to face international accreditation
• Increased competition on international scale
• Decrease of funding
The Major Challenge• Use Bologna Process
– convergence of curriculum structures– comparability of degrees and qualifications
• Develop and market “European Profile”– consortia and partners– joint degree programmes
• The Reputation Race– mission / profile– internationalisation strategy