This book introduces the notion of educational ecology and discusses the evolving landscape associated with it. It also analyses the interconnectedness of higher education institutions in todays world and their implications on the educational ecology.
Mobility of scholars for seeking knowledge has existed since the earliest ideal of universities. These universities have played a pivotal role in the movement of people across borders and the resultant transformation of societies due to transcultural interactions.
Drawing on Neil Postmans idea of media ecology, this book introduces the notion of educational ecology and discusses the evolving landscape associated with it. It compiles the expectations, best practices and experiences within the field of internationalization to discuss the interconnectedness of higher education institutions in todays world and their implications on the educational ecology.
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Foreword
Preface
I: Internationalization of Higher Education - A Foresight
Chapter 1: Internationalization of Higher Education - The Dynamics of
Educational Ecology: An Introduction
Chapter 2: Transcending Boundaries in Higher Education: Institutional and
Systemic Preparedness
Chapter 3: Changing Landscapes of Internationalization of Higher Education:
Moving Beyond Theories
Chapter 4: Twenty Years Later: The Sorbonne-Bologna Process
Chapter 5: Transforming Educational Systems the Response of German
Universities to the Bologna Process: Bremen University of Applied Sciences as
a Case Study
Chapter 6: Developing Global Citizens in the Indian Higher Education
System: Need for Internationalization
II: Internationalization of Higher Education in Practice
Chapter 7: A World of Difference: The Development of Internationalization at
the University of Groningen
Chapter 8: Collaborative Efforts in Internationalization of a Private
University: Lesson from UNPAR and ACICIS in Indonesia
Chapter 9: Sustainability in Internationalization of Higher Education:
Curriculum Internationalization as a Means to an End?
Chapter 10: Campus, Academics and Cultural Engagements: A Perception Study
among International Students in an HEI in Mumbai, India
Chapter 11: Research on Internationalization of Higher Education: An Indian
Perspective
III: Internationalization of Higher Education: An Experience
Chapter 12: Uncovering Consular Constraints in International Student
Mobility: A Perspective
Chapter 13: Language Conundrum and Students: Internationalization and English
as Medium of Instruction in Higher Education Institutions
Chapter 14: Exposure to Domestic Diversity and Acculturation Process -
Indian students in Bremen, Germany
Chapter 15: Crossing the Language Barrier: An Experiential Account of a
Student Mobility Program
Index
H Vinod Bhat is Vice Chancellor of The Apollo University, Andhra Pradesh, India and former Vice Chancellor of Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE). Dr Bhat specializes in Community Medicine and his vision has also led to the is vision led to the establishment of the Centre for European Studies in Manipal in 2009.
Neeta Inamdar, Jean Monnet Chair, works as Research Professor at the Symbiosis Centre for Research on International Higher Education (SCRIHE), Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India. She has contributed to the establishment and growth of the Manipal Centre for European Studies in Manipal, which is presently a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence. In 2015, she was instrumental in securing a Jean Monnet project focused on Internationalization of Higher Education and the Bologna Process.
