From Inauguration to Commercialisation: Incremental yet Contested Transitions Redefining the National Interests of International Degree Programmes in Finland

Autor/in	Jokila, Suvi
Titel	From Inauguration to Commercialisation: Incremental yet Contested Transitions Redefining the National Interests of International Degree Programmes in Finland
Quelle	In: Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, 6 (2020) 2, S.143-156 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Jokila, Suvi)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2002-0317
DOI	10.1080/20020317.2020.1745016
Schlagwörter	Commercialization; International Education; Higher Education; Educational Policy; Policy Analysis; Universities; Student Recruitment; Foreign Countries; Educational Change; Graduate Students; Masters Programs; Educational History; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Internationale Erziehung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politikfeldanalyse; University; Universität; Ausland; Bildungsreform; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Magister course; Magisterstudiengang; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Finnland
Abstract	International degree programmes (IDPs) act as focal instruments for the internationalization of higher education in many non-English--speaking countries serving a variety of national objectives, with the commercial objective becoming increasingly common. This study analyses how IDPs have developed in one Nordic country, Finland, from a marginal activity into programmes that underpin commercially oriented definition of internationalization. The data consists of key policy texts and administrative documents analysed to trace policy changes. The findings suggest that IDPs have developed from the internationalisers of the universities and development aid to recruitment channels for bringing skilled labour to Finland and promoting education export. Having global similarities in their development, policy changes towards commercial understandings of IDPs has been contested, particularly regarding funding, which relates to equality principles in the Finnish higher education system. These shifts have had repercussions for the idea of IDPs, universities and students. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01