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1 online resource (275 pages) |
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East-West Crosscurrents in Higher Education |
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East-West Crosscurrents in Higher Education
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| Contents |
Foreword; Preface; Contents; 1 Introduction; 1.1 International Student Picture in France; 1.2 General Policies for Inbound Student Mobility Promotion in France; 1.2.1 Intra-European Promotion; 1.2.2 International Promotion; 1.2.3 National Practice; 1.3 Research Focus; 1.3.1 Research Questions; 1.3.2 Research Objectives; 1.3.3 Research Method; 1.4 Research Significance and Limitations; 1.4.1 Significance; 1.4.2 Limitations; References; 2 Theoretical Landscape; 2.1 Internationalization of Higher Education: International and European Vision; 2.1.1 Global Context: Conceptualization and Rationales |
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2.1.2 Regional Context: Construction of European Higher Education Area (EHEA)2.2 French Dual System: A Historical Product in the Global Context; 2.2.1 Coexistence of Grandes Écoles and Universities: Historical Heritage; 2.2.2 A Brief Review of Reforms in French Universities in the Last Decades; 2.2.3 A Brief Review of Studies on Grandes Écoles; 2.3 International Student Mobility Research Review; 2.3.1 General Studies on International Student Mobility; 2.3.2 Studies on International Student Mobility in France; References; 3 Conceptual Framework Building |
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3.1 Interpretation of French HEIs Transformation with a New-Institutional Approach3.1.1 Institutions and Institutional Theory; 3.1.2 External Incentives in Higher Education Transformation; 3.1.3 Ni (Neither) Denial Ni (Nor) Anglo-American Model; 3.2 International Higher Education Marketplace; 3.2.1 Quasi-market, Higher Education Market, and Marketization of Higher Education; 3.2.2 Beyond Market: World-System Theory and International Academic Relationship; 3.3 Introduction of Branding Theory to the French Context; 3.3.1 Brand, Branding, and Branding in Higher Education |
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3.3.2 International Branding and International Student Recruitment3.3.3 Theoretical Path-Building for French HEIs in Branding with a Hypothetical and Comparative Approach; References; 4 Data Collection and Empirical Analysis; 4.1 Data Collection Process; 4.1.1 Research Sites, Criteria for Participants, and Ethical Consideration; 4.1.2 Data Collection; 4.1.3 Data Analysis Approaches; 4.1.4 Researcher's Reflection; 4.2 Internationalization in Convergence in Grandes Écoles and Universities from a Macro Perspective; 4.2.1 Implementation of Internationalization in the Institutions: Norm and Forms |
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4.2.1.1 Rationales of Being Internationalized: A Norm to Be Followed4.2.1.2 Forms of Internationalization; 4.2.2 English: Language of a "Must" Implemented in Research and Teaching; 4.2.2.1 Protectionism of French Language; 4.2.2.2 Transformation and Challenges for Researchers, Students, and Institutions; 4.2.2.3 English: A Necessary Tool to Push and Pull Student Mobility; 4.2.3 International Students: Infinite Resources for Host Institutions, Academics, and Local Students; 4.2.3.1 Brain Power; 4.2.3.2 Media for Internationalization at Home; 4.2.3.3 Beneficiaries, Trainees, Cash Cows |
| Summary |
The book mainly investigates the challenges that confront France's unique dual system of higher education in facing internationalization and the recruitment of international students. This book focuses on the development of the institutional strategies in two groups of higher education institutions: University and Grande École in responding to the opportunities and stresses of both Europe's Bologna process and globalization. The research data presents in this book was collected from four local institutions, two Grandes Écoles and two universities, one of each focusing on the social sciences and the other on natural sciences and technology. Interviews with major stakeholders in the institutions, including personnel from international offices, faculty/researchers and international students were adopted as principal methods for data collection. The thematic organization of the findings in each chapter covers views from three levels of stakeholders' and interprets the results within theoretical frames, such as institutional theories, world-system theory, international academic relationship theory and branding theory.€€Readers will find this book both practical and innovative in four key ways. Firstly, in knowledge diffusion, revealing the mysterious veil of the unique French dual higher education system. Secondly, in new knowledge production, exploring a new subject of research and filling the blanks from previous studies of the two groups of institutions. Thirdly, in presenting new interesting sights into current reforms in Frances's higher education and how far principles of path dependency will ensure strong continuities with the past as against a tendency to homogenization in response to pressures from Europeanization and global ranking systems. Finally, in exploring the dimension of interculturality and the interplay between researcher's identity and research process |
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4.3 Institution Branding with Application of Mixed Philosophy in the International Context: From Awareness to Practice |
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Education and globalization -- France
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Education, Higher -- Social aspects -- France
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Students, Foreign -- France
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College students -- Recruiting -- France
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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College students -- Recruiting
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Education and globalization
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Education, Higher -- Social aspects
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Students, Foreign
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France
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789811011344 |
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9811011346 |
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