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EDU 524 International Higher Education: Reading list

EDU 524 International Higher Education

Department: Master of Education

Module Description: This module develops the skills and understanding required to engage with the internationalisation of higher education. The module will provide a comprehensive review of the key trends, challenges and developmental models within international higher education. Students will gain a core understanding of the foundation of the discourse; practical understanding of policy and action; critical capability through analysis and comparative discussion.

The module will introduce students to a diverse set of case studies providing a clear opportunity to connect theory to practice. Students will develop skills in research, critical analysis, comparative review, constructing arguments based on evidence and theory.

This module will draw upon skills gained throughout the degree and provide an opportunity for the development of a general understanding of the field of international higher education and the development of specialised knowledge and application in the sub-fields of policy; leadership; curriculum; teaching and learning; student experience; strategy; and management. The module will cover key activity in the UAE and internationally.

Module texts

Recommended readings

Al Barwani, T., Chapman, D. W., & Ameen, H. (2009). Strategic brain drain: implications for higher education in Oman. Higher Education Policy, vol. 22(4), pp. 415-432. Request item
Alpen Capital. (2016). GCC education industry report May 2, 2016. Open resource
Bartell, M. (2003). Internationalization of universities: a university culture-based framework. Higher Education, vol. 45(1), pp. 43-70.
Brandenburg, U. and De Wit, H. (2010). The end of internationalization. International Higher Education, vol. 62, Winter, pp. 15-17. Request item
Brennan, J. (2008). Higher education and social change. Higher Education, vol. 56(3), pp. 381–93.
British Council. (2012). The shape of things to come: higher education global trends and emerging opportunities to 2020. Open resource
British Council. (2014). Exploring the impacts of transnational education on host countries: a pilot study. Open resource
British Council. (2016). The scale and scope of UK higher education transnational education. British Council. Open resource
British Council. (2017). The shape of global higher education: international mobility of students. Research and Education Provision, vol. 2. Open resource
Chee, C.M., Butt, M.M., Wilkins, S. and Ong, F.S. (2016). Country of origin and country of service delivery effects in transnational higher education: a comparison of international branch campuses from developed and developing nations. Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, vol. 26(1), pp. 86-102.
Cheong, K.C., Hill, C., Fernandez-Chung, R. & Leong, Y.C. (2015). Employing the unemployable: employer perceptions of Malaysian graduates. Studies in Higher Education, April, pp. 2253-2270.
Clark, N. (2012). Understanding transnational education, its growth and implications. World Education News & Reviews, August 1. Open resource
Coffman, J. (2015). Higher education in the Gulf: privatization and Americanization. International Higher Education, (33), pp. 17-19. Request item
Council for Private Education, CPE. (2016). Private education institutions' graduate employment survey. Open resource
de Wit, Hans. (2002). Internationalisation of higher education in the United States of America and Europe: a historical, comparative and conceptual analysis. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Dobson, I.R. and Hölttä, S. (2001). The internationalisation of university education: Australia and Finland compared. Tertiary Education and Management, vol. 7(3), pp. 243-254.
Dolby, N. and Rahman, A. (2008). Research in international education. Review of Educational Research, vol. 78(3), pp. 676–726.
Dou, L. & Knight, J. (eds.). (2014). ‘Emerging hubs: South Korea, Sri Lanka, Mauritius and Bahrain’, in J. Knight (ed.). International education hubs. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.
Elkin, G., Farnsworth, J. and Templer, A., (2008). Strategy and the internationalisation of universities. International Journal of Educational Management, vol. 22(3), pp. 239-250.
Forestier, K., Ilieva, J., Course, S. and Chueng, J. (2013). Transnational education in Hong Kong: undergraduate student perceptions. International Journal of Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning, vol. 6(1), pp. 57-82.
Habibi, N. (2015). Is Saudi Arabia training too many University graduates? Crown Center for Middle East Studies. Brandeis University. June 26th 2015. Open resource
Hawkins, J. (2012). ‘The challenges of regionalism and harmonization for higher education in Asia’, in K.H. Mok, J.N. Hawkins and D.E. Neubauer. (eds.). Higher Education Regionalization in Asia Pacific. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 177-189. Request item
HE Global. (2016). The scale and scope of UK higher education transnational education. (Siora, G. Baig, H. Dickinson, P. Hooper, E. Brown, R. Hill, C. Healey, N.) Open resource
Higher education in the Gulf states: present and future. Gulf Affairs. Oxford Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies Form. Spring 2017. Open resource
Hill. C. and Fernandez-Chung, R. (eds). (2017). Higher education in the Asian century: the European legacy and the future of transnational education in the ASEAN region. Oxford: Routledge.
Hill, C., Kee-Cheok, C., Yin-Ching, L. and Fernandez-Chung, R. (2013). TNE: Transnational Education or Tension between National and External? A Case Study of Malaysia. Studies in Higher Education, vol. 39(6), pp. 952-966.
Horie, M. (2014). Internationalisation of Japanese universities: learning from the CAMPUS Asia experience. International Higher Education, vol. 78, Special Issue, pp. 19-21. Request item
Hou, A.Y.C., Hill, C., Hui-Jung Chen, K., Tsai, S. and Chen, V. (2017). A comparative study of student mobility programs in SEAMEO-RIHED, UMAP, and Campus Asia: regulation, challenges, and impacts on higher education regionalization. Higher Education Evaluation and Development, vol. 11(1), pp. 12-24.
Knight, J. and International Association of Universities. (2006). Internationalization of higher education: new directions, new challenges: 2005 IAU global survey report. Paris: International Association of Universities.
Knight, J. (2007). Internationalisation brings important benefits as well as risks. International Higher Education, vol. 46, Winter, pp.8-10. Open resource
Knight, J. (2008). Higher Education in Turmoil. The Changing World of Internationalisation.
Knight, J. (2013). A model for the regionalization of higher education: the role and contribution of tuning. Tuning Journal for Higher Education, vol. 1, November, pp. 105-125.
Knight, J. (2013). “New developments and issues in academic mobility”, UMAP Workshop, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei.
Knowledge and Human Development Authority Report. The Story Unfolds: Private Education in Dubai 2015/6. Open resource
Marginson, S. (2004). Competition and markets in higher education: a 'glonacal' analysis. Policy Futures in Education, vol.2(2), pp. 175-244.
Maringe, F. and Foskett, N. (2010). Globalization and internationalisation in higher education: theoretical, strategic and management perspectives. London: Continuum International Publishing Group.
Menon, J. (2012). Narrowing the development divide in ASEAN: the role of policy. ADB Working Paper Series on Regional Economic Integration Asian Development Bank No. 100, July 2012. Open resource
McBurnie, G and Ziguras, C. (2001). The regulation of transnational higher education in Southeast Asia: case studies of Hong Kong, Malaysia and Australia. Higher Education (42), pp. 85-105.
Miller-Idriss, C. and Hanauer, E. (2011). Transnational higher education: offshore campuses in the Middle East. Comparative Education, vol. 47(2), pp. 181-207.
Mok, K. H. (2016). ‘The quest for regional education hub status: challenges, possibilities and search for new Governance in Hong Kong’, in Y. C. Cheng, A. C. K. Cheung and S. W. Ng (eds.). Internationalization of Higher Education: The Case of Hong Kong. Singapore: Springer. pp. 43-62. Request item
Mok, K. H. and Han, X. (2015). Managing changing labour market needs and 'Brain Drain' problems: a study of motivation of students studying abroad or transnational higher education in China. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Globalization, Changing Labour Market and Social Mobility, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong.
Mok, K. H., Han, X., Jiang, J. and Zhang, X. J. (2017). International and transnational learning in higher education: a study of students' career development in China. Working paper no. 21. Open resource
MTI, Ministry of Trade and Industry Singapore. (2002). Executive summary - developing Singapore's education industry.
O’ Mahony, J. (2014). Enhancing student learning and teacher development in transnational education. York: Higher Education Academy. Open resource
Phan, L.H. and Barnawi, O. (2017). Appropriating and abusing transnational education in Saudi Arabia: commercialisation, neoliberalism, desire and english in Phan, L.H. Transnational Education Crossing ‘Asia’ and ‘the West’: Adjusted desire, transformative mediocrity and neo-colonial disguise. Oxford: Routledge.
QAA Review of UK Transnational Education in United Arab Emirates: Overview. June 2014. Open resource
Riad Shams, S. M. (2016). Sustainability issues in transnational education service: a conceptual framework and empirical insights. Journal of Global Marketing, vol. 29(3), pp. 139-155.
Sirat, M., Azman, N. and Bakar, A.A. (2014). Towards harmonization of higher education in Southeast Asia: Malaysia’s perspective, Inside Higher Education. Open resource
Svetlik, I. and Braček Lalić, A. (2016). The impact of the internationalisation of higher education on staff development – the case of Slovenian public universities. Studies in Higher Education, vol. 41(2), pp. 364-380.
Thi Tran, L. and Dempsey, K. (eds). (2017). Internationalisation in vocational education and training: transnational perspectives. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
Tan, J. (2016). What happened to the global schoolhouse? University World News. Global Edition, issue 428. Open resource
Transnational education and employability development. Report prepared for Higher Education Academy 2015 (Mellors-Bourne, R. Jones, E., and Woodfield, W.). Open resource
Urbanovič, J., Wilkins, S. and Huisman, J. (2016). Issues and challenges for small countries in attracting and hosting international students: the case of Lithuania. Studies in Higher Education, vol. 41(3), pp. 491-507.
UNESCO indicators for HE internationalisation in Asia
Wilkins, S. (2017). Ethical issues in transnational higher education: the case of international branch campuses. Studies in Higher Education, vol. 42(8), pp. 1385–1400.
Wilkins, S., Beckenuyte, C. and Butt, M.M. (2016). Consumers’ behavioural intentions after experiencing deception or cognitive dissonance caused by deceptive packaging or slack filling. European Journal of Marketing, vol. 50(1/2), pp. 213-235.
Wilkins, S. (2016). Establishing international branch campuses: a framework for assessing opportunities and risks. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, vol. 38(2), pp. 167-182.