U.S. Power in International Higher Education

Abstract

"U.S. Power in International Higher Education explores how internationalization in higher education is not just an educational endeavor, but also a geopolitical one. By centering and making explicit the role of power, the book demonstrates the United States's advantage in international education as well as the changing geopolitical realities that will shape the field in the future. The chapter authors are leading critical scholars of international higher education, with diverse scholarly ties and professional experiences within the country and abroad. Taken together, the chapters provide broad trends as well as in-depth accounts about how power is evident across a range of key international activities. This book is intended for higher education scholars and practitioners with the aim of raising greater awareness on the unequal power dynamics in internationalization activities and for the purposes of promoting more just practices in higher education globally"-- Provided by publisher. International higher education as geopolitical power / Jenny J. Lee -- Part I: Geopolitics and the regulation of higher education. International education as soft power : a history of changing governments, shifting rationales and lessons learned / Roopa Desai Trilokekar -- What do global university rankings tell us about U.S. geopolitics in higher education? / Ellen Hazelkorn -- International accreditation as geopolitical space : U.S. practices as "global standards" for quality assurance in higher education / Gerardo L. Blanco -- Part II: National and global research. Geopolitical tensions and global science : understanding U.S.-China scientific research collaboration through scientific nationalism and scientific globalism / John P. Haupt and Jenny J. Lee -- Concepts for understanding the geopolitics of graduate student and postdoc mobility / Brendan Cantwell -- Part III: University internationalization strategies. Exploring geopolitics in U.S. campus internationalization plans / Chrystal A. George Mwangi, Sean Jung-Hau Chen and Pempho Chinkondenji -- The life cycle of transnational partnerships in higher education / Dale LaFleur -- Part IV: Students and international learning. Global positional competition and interest convergence : student mobility as a commodity for U.S. academic imperialism / Christina W. Yao -- Global competence : hidden frames of national security and economic competitiveness / Chris R. Glass -- Internationalizing the curriculum : conceptual orientations and practical implications in the shadow of western hegemony / Sharon Stein -- Where do we go from here? / Jenny J. Lee and Santiago Castiello-Gutiérrez.