Exploring Innovation of Internationalisation Effectiveness in the Higher Education Sector: A Systematic Review
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. A Brief Description of Innovation and Internationalisation
1.2. Reasons for Systematic Review
1.3. New Idea Concerning This Systematic Review
2. Method
2.1. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
2.2. Publication Screening and Selection
2.3. Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria
2.4. Search Terms and Strings
2.5. Data Extraction and Assessment
3. Result
Research Designs and Study Eminence
4. Discussion
4.1. Transformation of Internationalisation in Higher Education
4.2. Global Nationality on Internationalisation in Higher Education
4.3. International Mobility Through Internationalisation in Higher Education
4.4. Factors Hindering Internationalisation Effectiveness in Higher Education
4.5. Decolonisation Through the Internationalisation of Higher Education
4.6. Strategy Framework for Internationalisation of Higher Education
4.7. Impact of Internationalisation on Higher Education
4.8. Emerging Concept of Africanisation in the Higher Education
4.9. Future Characteristics of Internationalisation in Higher Education
Summary of the Discussion
4.10. Key Messages
4.11. Limitations
5. Conclusions and Recommendations
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
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Major Search Terms | Synonymous/Alternative Terms | Search Strings |
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Innovation in higher education | Innovation, Innovative, Innovativeness, technology, transformation, digitalisation | “Innovation” or “Innovative” or Innovativeness” or “technology” or “transformation” |
WITH | ||
Internationalisation in higher education | Internationalisation, Internationalization | “Internationalisation” or “Internationalization” |
AND | ||
Higher education sector | Higher education sector | “Higher education sector” |
Categories of Concepts | Articles | Book Chapters | Books | Conference Papers |
---|---|---|---|---|
Transformation | R09, R17, R27 | |||
Global nationality | R01, R04, R10, R12, R15, R22 | |||
International mobility | R02, R26, R31 | R28 | R08 | R03 |
Factors | R04, R20, R23 | R29 | ||
Decolonisation | R05, R18, R20, R21, R32 | |||
Strategy framework | R05, R11, R14, R30, R32 | |||
Impact | R19, R25 | R24 | ||
The emerging concept of Africanisation | R07, R13, R16 | |||
Future characteristics | R06 |
Authors, Year | Topic | Publication | Aims | Study Design | Country | Outcome | |
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R01 | Aktas et al. (2017) [25] | Institutionalising Global Citizenship: HE Curricula Programmes | Journal of Studies in International Education | It focused on programmes involving international service learning, internships, and studying abroad to acquire global experience. | Literature | United States of America | It revealed how institutions commit to global citizenship in their curricula through programmes, mission statements, curriculum ideas, and objectives. |
R02 | Altbach and Knight (2007) [26] | Internationalisation in HE: Realities and Motivations | Journal of Studies in International Education | It viewed internationalisation as practices and policies embarked upon by institutions in dealing with global educational change through motivation. | Literature | United States of America and Canada | It revealed the need for initiatives such as cross-border collaboration, additional campuses, international programmes, and English-medium programmes. |
R03 | Beloiu et al. (2015) [27] | Internationalisation of Educational Programmes | International Conference on Education World. Cont. | It reviewed the projects initiated to encourage mobility for staff and students, good teaching practice, and exchanging ideas. | Literature | Romania | It revealed a model that could be applied in institutions with common practices to inspire and arouse mobility at all stages of education. |
R04 | Bhandari (2018) [28] | Retaining, Attracting Global Talent: International Graduate | International HE | The decline in international student enrolment points to the geographic location, type of institution, and selectivity criteria concerning internationalisation. | Literature | United States of America | It revealed the need to restructure global talent retention in institutions through internationalisation. |
R05 | Chasi (2021) [29] | SA Strategy Framework for HE Internationalisation | The Thinker | The strategy framework needs to focus more on decolonisation as the critical issue affecting internationalisation in HE. | Literature | South Africa | It raises the need for knowledge on history and geography for the strategy framework on internationalisation. |
R06 | Cossa (2014) [30] | African HE and Altbach’s Influence | The Forefront International HE. Springer | It identified several characteristics of building internationalisation: (i) the level of government involvement and (ii) building innovative institutions. | Literature | United States of America | It revealed nations’ need to take charge of their destiny in development and successful internationalisation in HE. |
R07 | Cross et al. (2011) [31] | Internationalisation HE: Conversation on Local and Global | Journal of Studies in International Education | It responded to the need to conceptualise the setting of globalisation in the research, programmes, faculty, and student engagement. | Qualitative | South Africa | It revealed arrangements to be made on strategies to be implemented accurately, and several remedies needed to address the problems still occurring through internationalisation. |
R08 | de Wit et al. (2005) [32] | HE in Latin America: International Dimension | IBRD/World Bank. | It responded to the behaviour of people studying abroad, making a difference in their communities through geographical knowledge. | Literature | United States of America | It revealed how economies and societies affect HE and how it could be shaped through global research, tutoring, mobility, and other academic services. |
R09 | Drori et al. (2023) [33] | Digitalisation Internationalisation from a Theory Lens | Long Range Planning | The effect of organisations towards effective internationalisation through transformation and digital innovation. | Quantitative | United States of America | It revealed that organisations’ effective internationalisation is dependent on the combination of their digital intensity, brand, and innovation. |
R10 | Haigh (2014) [34] | Internationalisation of Education for Global Citizenship | HE Quarterly | It described levels that evolve with internationalisation’s existence and the impact on global citizenship. | Literature | United Kingdom | It revealed that problems of strategy development and leadership arise from the need to engage with authorities for the significance of global citizenship. |
R11 | Heleta (2023) [35] | Review of Strategy Framework Internationalisation of HE | Journal of Studies in International Education | It explored the missing information in the strategy framework on internationalisation and discussions on decolonisation of the HE. | Literature | South Africa | It revealed that the strategy framework did not provide the needed guidance for internationalisation policies in HE to embrace global knowledge. |
R12 | Horey et al. (2018) [36] | Global Citizenship in HE: Empirical Evidence | Journal of Studies in International Education | It explored lapses in community development, services, educational travel, designated courses, and their impact on global citizenship. | Qualitative | Australia | It revealed a framework for developing curricula for HE researchers to evaluate the outcomes of global citizenship education. |
R13 | Iwara et al. (2018) [37] | Students’ Attainment, Africanisation and Internationalisation | African Renaissance | It focused on crafting students to accomplish the Africanisation of HE through internationalisation at institutions. | Mixed | South Africa | It revealed a framework to promote the Africanisation of HE in internationalisation through leadership, sporting activities, and exchange programmes |
R14 | Jooste and Hagenmeier (2022) [38] | Strategy Framework Internationalisation of HE: | Journal of Studies in International Education | It analysed the strategy framework for internationalisation in HE, highlighting the historical concept and substantive content. | Literature | South Africa | It revealed the need to provide a comprehensive strategy framework on internationalisation in HE for strategy implementation success. |
R15 | Kester (2023) [39] | Global Citizenship, Peace Education: Post-critical | Educational Philosophy and Theory | It explored the effect of Western institutions dominating the objective of internationalisation in the education system. | Literature | South Korea | It revealed the need for decolonisation to be introduced into the HE curriculum to include respect for other people’s cultures through global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity |
R16 | Kishun (2007) [40] | Internationalisation of HE: Progress and Challenges | Journal of Studies in International Education | It explored the global identification of internationalisation in HE and the significance of debates on the history and future of HE. | Literature | South Africa | It proposed future scenarios for “Africanisation and internationalisation” discussions, including policies on international mobility, trade in educational services, and skills shortage. |
R17 | Kriz and Welch (2018) [1] | Innovation, Internationalisation Processes, New Technologies | Journal of International Business Studies | It explored the nature of indecisions in introducing global technological innovations to support internationalisation. | Qualitative | Australia | It revealed a dialectic model to be developed to identify the socio-technical nature and interdependencies in the internationalisation sphere. |
R18 | Le Grange (2016) [41] | Decolonising the University Curriculum | SA Journal of HE | It explored how the curriculum can be comprehended and ways of decolonising the universities. | Literature | South Africa | It proposed solutions that will guide the reconstruction of the curriculum towards the decolonisation of universities. |
R19 | Leask and de Gayardon (2021) [42] | Reimagining Internationalisation for Society | Journal of Studies in International Education | It explored a broader vision for internationalisation and the potential influence on global and local communities. | Literature | Australia and the Netherlands | It revealed that the interaction between internationalisation at the HE levels could contribute to reshaping internationalisation in the education sector. |
R20 | Lima (2023) [43] | English Language on Internationalisation in the International Seminar | Bakhtiniana. Revista de Estudos do Discur | It explored the use of English in most international activities and the effect of decisions made in that regard. | Qualitative | Brazil | It revealed a need for mutual understanding among institutions regarding language selection in international activities. |
R21 | Long et al. (2019) [44] | Decolonisation of Geography, Curriculum | SA Journal of Science | Curriculum decolonisation and the incorporation of knowledge and performance in HE. | Literature | South Africa | It revealed debates that could result in decolonisation through dissimilar communication techniques. |
R22 | Massaro (2022) [45] | Global Citizenship Development in HE | Journal of Global Research and Education | It explored global citizenship in HE and several ways it could be improved for operational measures. | Literature | United States of America | It revealed global citizenship to be included in the HE curriculum through qualification, overseas study, student observations, and institutional programmes. |
R23 | Mok and Montgomery (2021) [46] | Remaking HE: Reflections of Internationalisation | HE Quarterly | It focused on HE development trends through the diversification of internationalisation practices towards HE. | Literature | United Kingdom and China | It revealed how the pandemic affected international mobility by halting national borders and the need for an eventual plan for future occurrences. |
R24 | Motala and David (2020) [47] | Trends and Impact of Internationalisation of HE | Internationalisation in HE SA | It explored internationalisation practices and policies concerning the opportunities for improving the HES. | Literature | South Africa | It revealed the need to introduce internationalisation through best practices to allow participation in the global dialogue for future HE. |
R25 | Munusamy and Hashim (2021) [18] | Internationalisation and ASEM Education Process: HE | HE Quarterly | It explored the evaluation of internationalisation in HE and how developing nations influenced HE development. | Quantitative | Malaysia | It revealed that the support of Asia/Europe through networking and strategic cooperation has a significant impact on HE. |
R26 | Phan et al. (2019) [48] | Internationalisation, Student Engagement, Global Graduates | Journal of Studies in International Education | It identified reasons students are not knowledgeable, skilful, and culturally sensitive to professionalism. | Qualitative | Australia | It revealed the need for cross-border mobility to create knowledge and skills in the scope of internationalisation among students. |
R27 | Ramos et al. (2011) [49] | Internationalisation Speed, Technological Patterns | Tech novation | It highlighted the effect that different technological patterns have on internationalisation rapidity in HE. | Quantitative | Spain | It revealed that the effect of technological intensity on internationalisation rapidity is significant in HES. |
R28 | Rickmann et al. (2020) [50] | Career Services Internationalisation Challenges, Transnational | European HE Area: Challenges for a New Decade | It explored how work, internship, mobility, and career services operate in the internationalisation space. | Qualitative | Italy and Spain | It revealed that mobility at international and national levels could assist in promoting career prospects. |
R29 | Santa and Haj (2020) [51] | Demographic Policies in Internationalisation HE. | European HE Area | It explored the implementation of legal changes to facilitate the employment of international graduates from institutions. | Qualitative | Romania | It revealed the avenues of communication by HES with international students on how to secure jobs and the need for legal immigration amendments. |
R30 | Suo (2023) [52] | Reform Strategy on Internationalisation of HE. | Journal of Education Research | It explored the internationalisation strategy implementation in HE and the outcome in terms of motivation. | Qualitative | Malaysia | It revealed the government’s need to promulgate a series of education policies to provide guarantees in support of globalisation in HE. |
R31 | Teichler (2017) [16] | Internationalisation Trends in HE, International Mobility | Journal of International Mobility | It explored how international mobility could be associated with marginally superior academic and international skills. | Qualitative | Germany | It revealed that the future of internationalisation without mobility will diminish the role impacted by political conflicts. |
R32 | Udekwe and Obadire (2024) [53] | Internationalisation Practice | Edukasiana: Jurnal Inovasi Pendidikan | It explored scholarly literature and novel thoughts on the implications of the lack of effective internationalisation practice in HE. | Literature | South Africa | It revealed the need for digital technology and transformation, venture capital, and the reshaping of internationalisation practice in HE and a focus for further studies. |
Concepts | Information | Code |
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Transformation | Digital intensity, innovation, and brand. New world technology and global education. Technological innovation, intensive and non-intensive technology institutions. | R09 R17 R27 |
Global nationality | International training abroad, a global nationality approach. Global nationality in the curriculum. Good leadership, strategy development, and communication. Framework, institutions to evaluate their outcome. Western authority, factual education system. International enrolment decline, poor global nationality awareness. | R01 R22 R10 R12 R15 R04 |
International mobility | Knowledge acquisition and cultural exchange. Model for collaborations, language, and professional skills. Personal relations and expected objectives. Vertical and short-term mobility and their research implication. Cross-cultural mobility creates knowledge and skills. Additional structures for excellence through international mobility. | R08 R03 R28 R31 R26 R02 |
Factors | International enrolment decline, political uncertainty, and climate. Immigration legislation, international students’ retention and employment. Pandemic effect, cross-border, international mobility. English, a dominant language internationally. | R04 R29 R23 R20 |
Decolonisation | Model of Western countries’ academic operation usage. The teaching of decolonisation in the curriculum. Department of Education to participate fully in decolonisation. English language dominance, European authority. | R18 R21, R32 R05 R20 |
Strategy framework | Revise critical areas in the strategy framework. Inclusive practice and strategic policy implementation. Restructure the strategy framework through decolonisation and Africanisation. Robust education and comprehensive strategy framework. | R11 R14 R05, R32 R30 |
Impact | Effective policies and practices are in place. Prospects to broaden educational activities. Asia and Europe’s influence on HE development and strategic network. | R24 R19 R25 |
Concept of Africanisation | Africanisation of international curriculum, better strategies. Africanisation as an imminent scenario for internationalisation. Institutional framework for international students’ participation in activities. | R07 R16 R13 |
Future characteristics | Building the future of internationalisation in HES, government, and institutions. | R06 |
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