Chapter 25: Bridges to the Future: The Global Landscape of International Higher Education

Bridges to the Future: The Global Landscape of International Higher Education

This volume has explored wide-ranging issues in international higher education, from an analysis of concepts and strategies to internationalize higher education to internationalization in a broad array of contexts. In examining the emerging themes from these discussions, several are especially salient for the future. These issues include the concept of internationalization itself, the notion of global citizenship, varieties of global engagement, the impact of technology on internationalization (e.g., the notion of virtual mobility), new dimensions in study abroad, and the role of internationalization in the broader higher education field. These themes, which have been highlighted in other chapters ...