The Influence of Institutional Autonomy Policy on Internationalization of Higher Education: A Case Study in Vietnam

Autor/in	Le, Anh Thi Hoai
Titel	The Influence of Institutional Autonomy Policy on Internationalization of Higher Education: A Case Study in Vietnam
Quelle	In: Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 13 (2021) 5, S.55-63 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Le, Anh Thi Hoai)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2151-0393
Schlagwörter	Institutional Autonomy; International Education; Higher Education; Educational Policy; Administrator Attitudes; Vietnamese People; Educational Change; Social Systems; Social Change; Knowledge Economy; Global Approach; Foreign Countries; Case Studies; Political Influences; Decision Making; State Universities; Administrative Organization + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Institutionelle Autonomie; Internationale Erziehung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsreform; Social system; Soziales System; Sozialer Wandel; Knowledge society; Economy; Wissensgesellschaft; Wirtschaft; Globales Denken; Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Staatliche Universität
Abstract	In this paper, I explore the enactment of institutional autonomy policy as a reform strategy to support the internationalization of higher education in Vietnam. The autonomy policy signifies the transfer of decision-making authority from the ministries to public universities so that university leaders can decide on matters of teaching, research, finance, personnel, and international cooperation. I draw on neo-institutionalism to gain insights on the enactment of autonomy policy and use thematic analysis to analyze data which include documents and interviews with senior leaders at one Vietnamese university. The findings indicate that while the autonomy policy has facilitated internationalization agendas with significant outcomes for teaching and research, the policy has been enacted through the interactions of Vietnam's political features and foreign values. The paper contributes to the understanding of higher education reform in centralized contexts of Vietnam and other post-Soviet countries in response to the influences of the globalized knowledge economy. [Note: The publication year (2022) shown on the PDF is incorrect. The correct publication year for this article is 2021.] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01