The internationalisation agenda: a critical examination of internationalisation strategies in public universities in Ghana
The internationalisation agenda: a critical examination of internationalisation strategies in public universities in Ghana
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国际化议程：对加纳公立大学国际化战略的批判性审视
DOI：
10.1080/09620214.2015.1034290
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发表时间：
2015
影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
G. O. Gyamera
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作者：
G. O. Gyamera
最近，加纳各大学采取和调整了各种战略，以便在国际舞台上重新定位。利用后殖民和新自由主义理论，本文批判性地考察了加纳三所公立大学的国际化战略。虽然所有的大学都采取了国际化战略，但这些战略的实施速度因大学而异。各种因素，包括地点、面积、楼龄和基础设施的强度，都会影响涉入率。有人认为，大学采取的策略似乎植根于后殖民主义和主要基于新自由主义经济思想的经济理论，新自由主义经济思想将高等教育视为知识买卖的准市场。这篇论文认为，大学需要采取积极主动的战略，并以挑战现状的方式促进国际化的替代概念。
Recently, various strategies have been adopted and adapted by universities in Ghana to re/position themselves in the international arena. Utilising postcolonial and neoliberal theories, this paper critically examines the internationalisation strategies of three public universities in Ghana. Although all the universities have adopted strategies to position themselves internationally, the rates at which these strategies have been introduced differ from one university to the other. Various factors including location, size, age and infrastructural strength influence the rate of involvement. It is argued that the strategies adopted by the universities appear to be embedded in postcolonialism and economic rationales based mainly on neoliberal economic thinking, which sees higher education as a quasi market place where knowledge is bought and sold. The paper argues that universities need to adopt strategies that are proactive and that promote alternative notions of internationalisation in ways that challenge the status quo.