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Publication Date: 2022-Sep
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Translating Rhetoric into Reality: Using the Internationalization of Humanities and Social Sciences in Chinese Universities as the Case
Zheng, Jie; Wu, Hantian
Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, v84 n3 p611-628 Sep 2022
This paper contends that the inclusion of meso- and micro-level perspectives has been under exploration in the study of the internationalization of humanities and social sciences, in particular, in a state-mandated system where policy interventions in higher education and knowledge production have typically been aligned with state construction and national development. It argues that institutional and individual responses to state policies on the internationalization of humanities and social sciences should be investigated due to their respective roles in policymaking and implementation. It has, therefore, retrieved recent and historical policy documents during the post-WTO period and collected empirical data from two Chinese universities. A constructivist-interpretivist qualitative approach and a qualitative case study strategy were adopted for this investigation. Based on an in-depth analysis of the empirical data, this paper reveals the gap between the macro-level ambition of achieving outward-oriented diffusion of innovations and the local-level realities, as well as institutional dilemmas and conflicts in facilitating the internationalization.
Descriptors: International Education, Case Studies, Humanities, Foreign Countries, Social Sciences, Educational Policy, Intervention, Policy Formation, Government Role, Universities, Constructivism (Learning), Innovation
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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