The Internationalisation of Higher Education: Exporting Education to Developing and Transitional Economies

Abstract

This paper presents and discusses recently undertaken research that seeks to assess the extent to which higher education in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States has been internationalised in two key areas; namely the growth in foreign students studying for qualifications in these countries and the growth of foreigners studying in their own countries for qualifications by higher education institutions (HEIs) in the North. The rapid emergence of overseas-validated courses as part of collaborative links between HEIs in the North and the South is analysed, drawing in particular on survey results from the UK and Australia.