International education in Australian universities: Concepts and definitions

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This paper grew out of the research study "Mapping the Internationalization of Higher Education," a 1998-2000 Australian Research Council-funded project. The project's objectives included: documenting the practices of international education in Australian universities; analyzing the cultural, political, and economic assumptions on which they are based, and the discursive-practical relations between these disciplinary "vectors"; exploring the ways in which the concept of internationalization is articulated in Australian universities, and evaluating the arguments put forward to justify its importance and implement its strategies; investigating the manner in which the practices of international education reflect and contribute to contemporary changes in the organizational culture of Australian universities; and theorizing the ways in which organizational practices of international education in Australian universities, and the global positioning of universities, both express and are responsive to the broader processes of globalization. The main empirical research consists of case studies of individual Australian universities, using interviews and the analysis of documents to explore factors influencing policy assumptions, organizational practices, and the intersection between the organizational and educational domains in international education. The paper identifies three discursive domains in relation to the terms "globalization" and "internationalization" in international education: hegemonic ideology, academic critique, and lived experience in universities. Addresses strategic-political implications arising from the contrasting definitions of "internationalization" and "globalization" among the three domains. Contains 18 references. (BT) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society San Antonio, Texas, 7-12 March 2000 9 am, Saturday 11 March International education in Australian universities: concepts and definitions Fiona Clyne, Simon Marginson and Roger Woock PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY Stimoek. (\Ica l vt4ot2 TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) 1 Monash Centre for Research in International Education Monash University, Clayton Vic 3168 AUSTRALIA 61-3-99059194 (phone) 61-3-99059197 (fax) simon.marginson@education.monash.edu.au 2 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy.