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Conditions for the Internationalisation of Higher Education: Between Inclusion and Exclusion in a Globalised World

Condiciones para la internationalización de la educación superior: entre la inclusión y la exclusión en un mundo globalizado

Abstract

This article presents an analysis of the elements that enable or hinder the development of higher education institutions within an international environment, taking into account the particularity of the different social contexts and purposes of higher education. To this end, the concept of globalisation and its characteristics are analysed. Specific emphasis is placed on the processes of inclusion and exclusion that it has generated and its impact on educational actions. In addition, the aims of higher education and its transformation as a result of a technologically connected world and increasingly pluralistic societies are discussed. Thus, this analysis delineates the relationship between globalisation and internationalisation of higher education. In conclusion it identifies the indicators for the inclusion of institutions in international dynamics, considering not only their internal conditions, but also those related to the society in which they operate. In other words, this article presents an approach to internationalisation that involves institutional, cultural, social, economic and educational factors that facilitate or hinder integration into the global world.

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Este artículo presenta un análisis de los elementos que posibilitan o dificultan el desarrollo de las instituciones de educación superior dentro de un entorno internacional, teniendo en cuenta la particularidad de los distintos contextos sociales y los fines de la educacioón superior. Para ello, se analiza el concepto de globalización y sus características, destacando los procesos de inclusión y exclusión que ha generado y su impacto en las acciones educativas. Asimismo, se discuten los propósitos de la educación superior y sus transformaciones como consecuencia de las demandas de un mundo interconectado tecnológicamente y de sociedades cada vez más plurales. De esta manera, la reflexión conceptual se realiza en torno a la relación entre globalización, educación superior e internacionalización, y se concluye con los indicadores que favorecen la inclusión de las instituciones en las dinámicas internacionales, considerando no sólo sus condiciones internas, sino también aquellas relacionadas con la sociedad en la que se desenvuelven. Por lo tanto, se destaca una perspectiva de la internacionalización que involucra factores institucionales, culturales, sociales, económicos y educativos que facilitan u obstaculizan una integración en el mundo global.

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Ramírez Iñiguez, A.A. Conditions for the Internationalisation of Higher Education: Between Inclusion and Exclusion in a Globalised World. Int J Educ Technol High Educ 8, 313–325 (2011). https://doi.org/10.7238/rusc.v8i2.1072

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