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Internationalisation of German Higher Education: A Case Study on the Opportunities and Threats of Internationalisation Processes at the University of

Internationalisation of German Higher Education: A Case Study on the Opportunities and Threats of Internationalisation Processes at the University of

Schwan, Stefan

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Business GeneralEconomics

ISBN10: 3640250451
ISBN13: 9783640250455
Publisher: Grin Verlag
Published: Jan 23 2009
Pages: 120
Weight: 0.37
Height: 0.28 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
Master's Thesis from the year 2004 in the subject Didactics - Business economics, Economic Pedagogy, grade: 1,3, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), language: English, abstract: This study does not focus on the powerhouses of internationalisation but rather at the possibilities of an average university with up to now rather average numbers of foreign students and an average degree of overall internationalisation. The University of Bielefeld is taken as one example, of how internationalisation can be implemented, what the key processes of internationalisation are and which steps should be taken to foster internationalisation in the future. The first part of this study is having a look at what internationalisation of universities is and how the idea has developed historically. he paper then in the second part describes the main stakeholders and their role in the internationalisation of higher education. In part three and four the key drivers of internationalisation for universities in general and German institutions of higher education in particular are identified. Therefore this paper outlines first the general global trends in higher education in part three and than focuses on specific German and European developments in part four. Special attention will be drawn on the legal changes in the German system of higher education and the EU-harmonisation process. In Chapter five the competitive forces like new market entrants and substitutes will be looked at. The sixth part will describe the specific motivation for internationalisation at the UoB and sketch the environmental situation of the university like the history of the institution, geographical aspects, its profile etc. It then focuses on strategy formulated so far. Parts seven and eight examine the internationalisation efforts on the side of resource allocation and international programmes. The last chapter tries to summarize the strengths and weaknesses of the internationalisation process at the

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