TY - JOUR
T1 - Internationalization of higher education
T2 - A South African perspective
AU - Rensburg, Ihron
AU - David, Solomon Arulraj
AU - Motala, Shireen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.
PY - 2015/1/27
Y1 - 2015/1/27
N2 - The evolution of South African universities continues to be shaped by both apartheid and more recent post-apartheid policies. Yet the South African university system is mainly an elite, low participation and high attrition system, offering a medium quality education. Moreover, there is uneven attention to the opportunities that internationalization might bring to South Africa. The paper explores South Africa's position in a global, African and regional perspective, and looks at post-apartheid trends in the internationalization of higher education. Finally, it provides an analysis, looking forward, of the essential conditions for more beneficial internationalization. This will include addressing "brain drain" and "brain gain," global dialogue and mutual learning, and collaborative partnerships, marked by a common commitment to sound academic values, scientific integrity, ethics and social responsibility.
AB - The evolution of South African universities continues to be shaped by both apartheid and more recent post-apartheid policies. Yet the South African university system is mainly an elite, low participation and high attrition system, offering a medium quality education. Moreover, there is uneven attention to the opportunities that internationalization might bring to South Africa. The paper explores South Africa's position in a global, African and regional perspective, and looks at post-apartheid trends in the internationalization of higher education. Finally, it provides an analysis, looking forward, of the essential conditions for more beneficial internationalization. This will include addressing "brain drain" and "brain gain," global dialogue and mutual learning, and collaborative partnerships, marked by a common commitment to sound academic values, scientific integrity, ethics and social responsibility.
KW - South African perspectives
KW - higher education
KW - internationa lization
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84924030459&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/bf03397054
DO - 10.1007/bf03397054
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84924030459
SN - 1673-341X
VL - 10
SP - 91
EP - 109
JO - Frontiers of Education in China
JF - Frontiers of Education in China
IS - 1
ER -