Critical Internationalization of Higher Education

This edited collection explores ethical global engagement in higher education internationalization. Framed by organizational change theory and critical internationalization approaches, chapter authors discuss the systemic inequities in who is served and for what purposes, while also providing new insights on what drives the why, what, and how of internationalization. This volume features contributions from scholars across disciplines, presenting original research and theoretical insights on topics within higher education internationalization, including teaching and learning, mobility, university service, collaborative partnership, student recruitment, evaluation, and leadership. Ultimately, this volume provides higher education leaders, professionals, and graduate students with ethical policies and practices that champion internationalization of higher education for its capacity to meet contemporary global challenges while also maintaining its foundational educational mission.

Melanie Agnew is an organizational development consultant with over 25 years of higher education leadership experience at both departmental and dean levels. She specializes in internationalization, guiding cultural transformation, facilitating leader development, integrating discipline-specific change frameworks, and in partnering with multiple stakeholder groups internal and external to the organization.

Jos Beelen is Professor of Global Learning at The Hague University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands. He is a Visiting Professor at Coventry University, UK, at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway, and at the University of the Free State, South Africa.