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This book reconceives the internationalization of higher education from the perspective of Global-South researchers, empowering and giving visibility to this discourse. Challenging the first assumptions of internationalization of higher education (IHE) as something overwhelmingly positive owing to the way it directly impacts the university activities and their world rankings, it instead takes a critical perspective, acknowledging that this process is associated with a neo-liberal and colonial orientation that focuses on the maintenance of historically sustained hierarchy, oppressive relations that stimulate the production of knowledge, and education as a commodity and not as a factor of soci...
Based on studies of higher education in seven countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, and Peru), the volume identifies opportunities for raising Latin America's profile on the global stage"--Jacket.
Higher education institutions (HEIs) are increasingly affected by globalization and internationalization, with implications for language use, teaching and learning in their academic communities. As a consequence, HEIs may change their approach to multilingualism on campus, taking into account language needs as well as opportunities and challenges associated with language diversity. The book aims at discussing aspects for the design of language policies, which could support internationalization and promote multilingualism and participation of different stakeholders. By presenting a language policy model, the book provides an alternative for those engaged in language diversity in HEIs.
O 15o volume da Série RIES/PRONEX, resultado do projeto PRONEX CNPq/FAPERGS, intitulado "Educação Superior e Contextos Emergentes", resgata a história da produção do conjunto de pesquisadores da Rede Sulbrasileira de Investigadores da Educação Superior (RIES), especialmente a partir de suas interlocuções internacionais. Apresenta um conjunto de textos que têm perenidade ou que representam a leitura da realidade da educação superior em um período de tempo específico e que deve ser estudado por sua importância histórica. Os textos circularam nos contextos de dois grandes polos de articulação dos estudos sobre educação superior: a Associação de Estudos Latino-Americanos (Latin America Studies Association, LASA) e a Associaçã̃o Fó́rum da Gestã̃o do Ensino Superior nos Países e Regiõ̃es de Lí́ngua Portuguesa (FORGES). Trata-se de um livro com a temática da educação superior que procura refletir acerca de seu futuro e do seu lugar no cenário mundial.