Voices of internationalisation of higher education from sub-Saharan Africa, China and Indonesia. Issue 3 (1st December 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Alemu, Sintayehu Kassaye; Qu, Mei; Sakhiyya, Zulfa
• Is Part Of: Learning and teaching. Volume 15:Issue 3(2022)
• Page Start: 2
• Page End: 31
• Publication Date: 2022-12-01
• Subjects: brain drain -- imbalanced internationalisation -- marketisation -- peripheralised countries; Social sciences -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Periodicals; 300.711
• DOI: 10.3167/latiss.2022.150303
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1755-2273

Abstract

Abstract: From the perspective of peripheralised countries, internationalisation is imbalanced and hegemonic, as it is predominantly constructed by universities in the Global North. We explore the imbalanced internationalisation from the cases of sub-Saharan Africa through the dominance of Western knowledge systems and brain drain; China through isolation and playing 'catch up'; and Indonesia through the financial crisis, the bailout conditions of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank and marketisation. By taking the cases of sub-Sahara Africa, China and Indonesia, this article problematises the idea of internationalisation and argues that it further relegates universities from the peripheralised countries to the margin.