9 - International Student Recruitment: South African Rationales
Journal of Higher Education in Africa,
Vol. 6 No. 2-3 (2008): Journal of Higher Education in Africa
Abstract
In this paper, we focus on the rationales for the recruitment of international stu- dents to universities in South Africa. Through the use of in-depth interviews with international officers at a cross-section of South African universities, we argue that there are competing and complementary rationales for the recruitment of international students. Some South African universities follow international trends in terms of international student recruitment while others adopt a different ap- proach. The analysis locates the rationales of international student recruitment as part of an internationalisation process within the context of globalisation.
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- Academic Ranking of World Universities – 2007 Available at: http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2007/ARW U2007TOP500list.htm
- Altbach, P.G., 2004, ‘Globalization and the University: Myths and Realities in an Unequal World’, Tertiary Education and Management, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 3- 25.
- Altbach, P. G., 2006, ‘The Dilemmas of Ranking’, International Higher Educa- tion, Vol. 42, pp. 2-3.
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- British Council., 2004, Vision 2020, Forecasting International Student Mobility: A United Kingdom perspective, London: British Council.
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- Guo, Y., 2005, Asia’s Educational Edge: Current Achievements in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China and India, Lanha: Lexington Books.
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- Kamper, G. D., 2002, ‘Higher Education in the Southern African Development Community: A Vision’, in South African Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 53-59.
- Kishun, R., 2006, (ed), The Internationalisation of Higher Education in South Africa, International Education Association of South Africa: Durban.
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- Marginson, S., 2006, ‘National and Global Competition in Higher Education’ in Lauder, H., Brown,P.
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- Slaughter, S., and Leslie, L., 1997, Academic Capitalism: Politics, Policies and the Entrepreneurial University, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
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- The Times Higher Education Supplement, 2006, World University Ranking 2006, 6 October.
- The Times Higher Education Supplement, 2007, World University Ranking 2007, 9 November.
- The Times Higher Education Supplement, 2008, World University Ranking 2008, 9 October.
- UNISA, 2007, ‘UNISA online – UNISA to open a new regional centre in Ethio- pia’, Available at http://www.unisa.ac.za/default.asp?Cmd=ViewNewsItem&NewsID=922&Cmd=GetNav&NavID=6
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Miller, H., 2006, Book review of ‘Asia’s Educational Edge: Current Achievements in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China and India’, Globalisation, Societies and Education, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 157-159.
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Scott, P., 2006, ‘Internationalising Higher Education: A Global Perspective’, in The Internationalisation of Higher Education in South Africa, Kishun, R. (ed). Durban: International Education Association of South Africa.
Sehoole, C., 2006, ‘The Changing Face of SA Varsity Enrolment’, Mail & Guard- ian, August 18-24, pp. 10-11.
Sichone, O. B., 2006. ‘Globalisation and Internationalisation of Higher Educa- tion in South Africa: The Challenge of Rising Xenophobia’ in Journal of Higher Education in Africa, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 33-53.
Slaughter, S., and Leslie, L., 1997, Academic Capitalism: Politics, Policies and the Entrepreneurial University, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Stromquist, N.P., 2007, ‘Internationalization as a Response to Globalization: Radi- cal Shifts in University Environments’ in Higher Education, No. 53, pp: 81- 105.
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The Times Higher Education Supplement, 2006, World University Ranking 2006, 6 October.
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