Why have efforts to internationalize the curriculum stalled?
By Stanley N. Katz
The Chronicle of Higher Education - January 13, 2014
Today we are sending a growing number of students to study abroad. We
are setting up branch campuses in other countries. We are seeking
foreign students to fill our seats (and budgets). So why am I worried
that the internationalization of our curricula has stalled?
We often use the terms "international" and "global" interchangeably,
but they should not be confused. Crudely, "global" means "concerning the
whole world." Global phenomena are those not limited to particular
places. Most important, they affect the entire world—climate change is
probably the most obvious example. "International" means just what the
compound word implies—something that transcends the nation-state,
existing or occurring across borders. Trade, for example.
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