Measuring what matters? mapping higher education internationalization in the Asia?Pacific
Measuring what matters? mapping higher education internationalization in the Asia?Pacific
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衡量什么重要？
DOI：
10.1108/ijced-10-2020-0071
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发表时间：
2021
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0.8
通讯作者：
Kitamura Yuto
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作者：
Williams James H.;Brehm Will;Kitamura Yuto
目的本文试图了解亚太地区高等教育国际化指标的现状和使用的已知和未知情况。更具体地说，我们确定并绘制了该地区国际高等教育的公开指标。我们研究了衡量国际化的方式和使用的指标，并就国际化工作中可能缺失的内容展开讨论。设计/方法/途径主要问题是：（1）亚太地区目前可用的数据来源是什么？ (2) 亚太地区的公开数据库和学术材料如何衡量国际化？为了回答这些问题，我们对学术和机构文献进行了结构化搜索。对这些文献的回顾使我们制定了定义和分类系统，通过该系统对指标进行分类和检查。调查结果指标几乎完全集中在学生流动性的衡量标准上，忽略了广泛的其他可能的衡量标准。作者讨论了该地区高等教育国际化的影响，并利用现有的批评文献来推测为什么会出现这种情况，以及国际化的哪些方面可能会在如此有限的关注下被忽视。原创性/价值近年来，高等教育国际化在全球范围内获得了相当大的发展势头，亚太地区的高等教育可以说是世界上最具活力的地区。尽管存在如此的活力，但据我们所知，还没有任何研究能够描绘出该地区参与者衡量国际化的方式。
PurposeThis paper sought to understand at one time point what was known and not known about the status and use of indicators of internationalization of higher education in Asia–Pacific. More specifically, we identified and mapped publicly available indicators of international of higher education in the region. We examined the ways by which internationalization has been measured and the indicators used, setting up discussion of what may be missing from internationalization efforts.Design/methodology/approachThe primary questions were: (1) What are the current available sources of data in the Asia–Pacific region? (2) How is internationalization measured in publicly available databases and academic materials in Asia–Pacific? To answer these questions, we carried out a structured search of academic and agency literatures. Review of these literatures led us to develop definitions and a classification system by which indicators were classified and examined.FindingsIndicators clustered almost exclusively around measures of student mobility, neglecting a wide range of other possible measures. The authors discuss the implications for internationalization of higher education in the region and draw on existing critical literature to speculate why this might be the case, and what dimensions of internationalization are likely overlooked with such a limited focus.Originality/valueInternationalization of higher education has gained considerable momentum worldwide in recent years, and higher education in the Asia–Pacific region is arguably the world's most dynamic. Despite such dynamism, no research to our knowledge has mapped the way in which internationalization is measured by actors in the region.