Internationalization in U.S. universities: history, philosophy, practice, and future

• Autor(a) principal: Morosini, Marilia
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Somers, Patricia, Rodriguez, Arinda, Rodriguez, Janet Solis
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Educação
• Texto Completo: https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/faced/article/view/28970
• topic: Internationalization of Higher Education. Models of Internationalization of Higher Education. Trends in the Internationalization of Higher Education.; Internacionalización de la Educación Superior. Modelos de Internacionalización de la Educación Superior. Tendencias de la Internacionalización de la Educación Superior.; Internacionalização da Educação Superior. Modelos de Internacionalização da Educação Superior. Tendências da Internacionalização da Educação Superior.

In response to the global economy, universities around the world have increased internationalization efforts. This article focuses on internationalization in U. S. universities, discussing the history, presenting models and examples, reviewing the extent of internationalization on U.S. campuses. We end with a discussion on the rationales, the political realities of the new nationalism, the competition among Western universities for rankings that emphasizes high-profile internationalization, the current political questions affecting internationalization and the future of the field. While our focus is on the United States, many of the concepts and theories we discuss apply to other countries as well.