Higher Education Internationalization: Insights from Kazakhstan

Abstract

This paper sheds light on the approaches, forms, goals and influencing factors of iБterБatiВБaliНatiВБ Вf higher educatiВБ iБ KaНakhstaБ. KaНakhstaБs educatiВБ system is regulated centrally by the Ministry of Education and Science, and most internationalization initiatives are set by the Ministry. The Ministry sees the role of internationalization of higher educatiВБ iБ advaБciБg KaНakhstaБs educatiВБ system, iБcreasiБg the attractiveБess Вf higher education, and developing a multicultural society. The government promotes higher education internationalization by: sponsoring degree and non-degree student and faculty mobility programs