National Benefits and Challenges of Internationalization in Higher Education

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National Benefits and Challengesof
Internationalization in Higher Education

• Marlene Wall, PhD
• Interim President
• LCC International University

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Internationalization defined
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INTERNATIONALIZATION DEFINED

• A process
• Internationalization at home
• Internationalization abroad

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LCC A CASE STUDY OF INTERNATIONALIZATION
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LCC A CASE STUDY

• 1991 joint venture between Lithuania, Canada,
  and the United States
• Degree-seeking students
• 50 from Lithuania
• 50 from 24 other countries
• Study Abroad students
• More than 50 students annually from
• 30 US partner institutions

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LCC A CASE STUDY

• Student exchanges
• Professors
• 35 from Lithuania 65 from other countries
• 7 Fulbright scholars in the past 9 years
• Accreditation
• Lithuanian Ministry of Education
• Seeking US accreditation
• Language of instruction
• English

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LCC A CASE STUDY

• Curriculum
• 8 competencies, including multicultural
  perspective
• Develop a multicultural awareness and an
  understanding of the global nature of
  contemporary issues.
• Summer programs
• Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Georgia

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LCC A CASE STUDY

• INPUTS
• Requires international recruitment strategies
• Requires accurate evaluation of home country
  educational systems
• Requires extensive migration work
• PROCESSES
• Requires a well-structured residential model
• Requires clear systems of academic credit
  transfer (beyond ECTS)
• Requires intentional programming for the
  celebration of diversity

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LCC A CASE STUDY

• OUTCOMES
• Requires cross-cultural competence of faculty
• Requires data-collection methodology to assess
  effectiveness
• Deardorff, Pysarchik and Yun (2009) With
  globalization driving the demand for global-ready
  graduates, it becomes crucial for administrators
  to assess these outcomes of internationalization
  to determine exactly what our students are
  learning through these efforts and how effective
  our programs are in achieving the stated learning
  outcomes.

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NATIONAL BENEFITS OFINTERNATIONALIZATION
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NATIONAL BENEFITS

• Political
• Economic
• Social and Cultural
• Academic

• Attraction of good students from abroad
• Acquisition of intercultural skills among all
  students
• Promotion of global responsibility
• Positive change in social environment

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NATIONAL BENEFITS

• Contact between countries for future business
  development
• Contact between scholars for future research
  projects
• Economic benefit of foreign investment
• Marketing of the country

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NATIONAL CHALLENGES OF INTERNATIONALIZATION
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NATIONAL CHALLENGES

• Create a safe environment.
• Create convenient legal work and study
  conditions.
• Liberalize visa policies.
• Consider student practicum requirements.
• Pay attention to infrastructure issues.

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CONCLUSIONS . . .
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