Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Abstract

This article presents the case of educational policy development of the University of Twente (UT) and takes a critical look at some of the issues at stake. The emphasis in this process is predominantly focused on improving the efficiency and quality of the educational process. The internationalisation of education at the UT is understood as a deliberate institutional strategy to create a truly international and intercultural academic community on the campus. It means that international mobility is a means rather than an end in itself. The value of an internationalised campus for the process of global teaching and learning is of immense importance and forms the main resource for intercultural experiences in and outside the lecture hall.

Get full access to this article

View all access options for this article.

References

Clark, B. (1998). Creating entrepreneurial universities: Organizational pathways of transformation. Oxford, UK: Pergmon .

de Jong, H. (2001). Onderwijs aan de UT [Education at the UT] (policy document).

Elsevier studiegids universiteiten. (2001). Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Groenman, B. (Ed.). (2001, November). Van Landgoed tot kenniscampus. Lustrumboek ter gelegenheid van het veertigjarige bestaan van de Universiteit Twente in Enschede [From country estate to knowledge campus. In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the University of Twente in Enschede].

Huntington, S.P. (1998). The clash of civilizations and the remaking of world order. New York: Simon & Schuster .

Nussbaum, M.C. (2000). Cultivating humanity: A classical defense of reform in liberal education. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press .

Teekens, H. (2001). The internationalization of education at the University of Twente (policy document).

Teekens, H. (Ed.). (2000). Teaching and learning in the international classroom. The Hague, the Netherlands: Nuffic .

van der Wende, M.C. (2002). Hoger onderwijs globaliter: Naar nieuwe kaders voor onderzoek en beleid [Global higher education: Towards new frameworks for research and policy].

The Case of the University of Twente: Internationalisation as Education Policy

Abstract

Get full access to this article

References