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Internationalization of Higher Education: The Pros and Cons

Globalization in the twenty first century has reshaped virtually all facets of human life, higher education inclusive. Higher institutions of learning respond to this new trend through internationalization. Thus, citadels of learning are integrating international dimensions such as internationaliz...

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Main Authors:	Akinbod, Akintola Ismaila, Shuhumi, Said Rashid Ali Al, Muhammed-Lawal, Adam Adesina
Other Authors:	Kadir, Nadhrah A
Format:	Book Section
Language:	English
Published:	School of Social Sciences, USM 2017
Subjects:	H1-99 Social sciences (General)
Online Access:	http://eprints.usm.my/41227/1/ART_108.pdf http://eprints.usm.my/41227/ http://www.sspis.usm.my
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spelling	my.usm.eprints.41227 http://eprints.usm.my/41227/ Internationalization of Higher Education: The Pros and Cons Akinbod, Akintola Ismaila Shuhumi, Said Rashid Ali Al Muhammed-Lawal, Adam Adesina H1-99 Social sciences (General) Globalization in the twenty first century has reshaped virtually all facets of human life, higher education inclusive. Higher institutions of learning respond to this new trend through internationalization. Thus, citadels of learning are integrating international dimensions such as internationalized curriculum, exchange programme, recruitment of international students’ as well as hiring of prestigious international scholars in order to improve the school programme and cope with the unfolding challenges. Higher institutions of learning are undoubtedly becoming global actors and invariably undergoing aggressive modification. The modification does not only involve the curriculum taught in the school but also the aims and objectives of schooling, system of assessment and grading as well as academic governance and leadership are being revised in order to meet up with the contemporary global challenges. However different views have emerged in relation to internationalization of higher education. It has been regarded by some as a curse rather than a blessing for institution of learning, neo-colonialism rather than possibility for national development while to some it is an opportunity for global cooperation, cultural integration and economic interdependence. Based on these divergent views, this paper looks at the pros and cons of internationalization of higher education and how it can be effectively handled. School of Social Sciences, USM Kadir, Nadhrah A Rahmat, Siti Rahyla Mohd, Azmil Tayeb Mohd, Saidatulakmal 2017 Book Section PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/41227/1/ART_108.pdf Akinbod, Akintola Ismaila and Shuhumi, Said Rashid Ali Al and Muhammed-Lawal, Adam Adesina (2017) Internationalization of Higher Education: The Pros and Cons. In: Social Sciences Postgraduate International Seminar (SSPIS) 2017. School of Social Sciences, USM, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, pp. 791-795. ISBN 9789671544013 http://www.sspis.usm.my
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description	Globalization in the twenty first century has reshaped virtually all facets of human life, higher education inclusive. Higher institutions of learning respond to this new trend through internationalization. Thus, citadels of learning are integrating international dimensions such as internationalized curriculum, exchange programme, recruitment of international students’ as well as hiring of prestigious international scholars in order to improve the school programme and cope with the unfolding challenges. Higher institutions of learning are undoubtedly becoming global actors and invariably undergoing aggressive modification. The modification does not only involve the curriculum taught in the school but also the aims and objectives of schooling, system of assessment and grading as well as academic governance and leadership are being revised in order to meet up with the contemporary global challenges. However different views have emerged in relation to internationalization of higher education. It has been regarded by some as a curse rather than a blessing for institution of learning, neo-colonialism rather than possibility for national development while to some it is an opportunity for global cooperation, cultural integration and economic interdependence. Based on these divergent views, this paper looks at the pros and cons of internationalization of higher education and how it can be effectively handled.
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