Regionalisation of higher education and the academic profession in Asia, Europe and North America

Abstract

This chapter focuses on regionalisation as one dimension of internationalisation of higher education in Asia, Europe and North America. The chapter includes four sections. The cases of Asia, Europe and North America are treated in Sects. 8.2, 8.3 and 8.4, respectively. Each section begins with a brief analysis of policies and assessment of progress of intra-regional cooperation of higher education systems in each region. Then, it provides an overview of physical mobility patterns with the region, intra-regional teaching and research activities and patterns in foreign languages usage based on major findings from the CAP surveys aggregated by region. The concluding fourth section explores the character of the international dimensions of academic activities in each region, identifies major issues concerning academic work and activities from the perspectives of regionalisation and also discusses strategies that can facilitate the regionalisation of academic work and careers.