scholarly journals Geographies of Marketization in Higher Education: Branch Campuses as Territorial and Symbolic Fixes

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Jana M. Kleibert
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Branch Campuses

scholarly journals Importing Branch Campuses to Advance Egypt’s Development

2018 ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Jason E. Lane
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Political Environment ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Branch Campuses ◽  
Academic Capital ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Foreign Universities

As Egypt seeks to reposition itself in the international community, one strategy it has adopted is to import academic capital from other countries to bolster its own higher education system and enhance its internationalization efforts. Increasing demand for higher education and vocal government support may be alluring to potential partners; but repressive government policies and an uncertain political environment may make it a risky gamble for foreign universities.

scholarly journals International Branch Campuses: Success Factors

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (93) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Richard Garrett
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Research ◽  
Research Team ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Branch Campuses ◽  
International Branch Campuses ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
The World ◽  
Depth Interviews

The article provides an overview of the second part of a report on international branch campuses (IBCs). The Observatory on Borderless Higher Education (OBHE) and the Cross-Border Education Research Team (C-BERT) are the authors of the report. IBCs continue to grow in number and variety around the world, and the report includes updated estimates and patterns by country, but previously there has been limited attention paid to the success factors of mature IBCs. Defined as campuses in place for a decade or more, the report draws on in-depth interviews with campus and institutional leaders.

Building a Case of Student Experience for Sustainable Higher Education in Transnational Environment

2014 ◽  
pp. 597-611
Author(s):  
UmmeSalma Mujtaba
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Student Experience ◽  
Mission Statements ◽  
Student Choice ◽  
First Year ◽  
Branch Campuses ◽  
International Branch Campuses ◽  
Transnational Higher Education

This chapter sets ground to realize the exceptional significance of students to international branch campuses, which is a popular mode of transnational higher education. Mission statements of different international branch campuses are analyzed that converge on the fact that most of these institutions irrespective of the host country perceive student as their priority. The chapter then moves on to explaining student choice, in a situation where number of international branch campuses co-exist in a home country, such as the case of United Arab Emirates that hosts 19% of the world’s current branch campuses (Observatory, 2012). This information is then employed to expound how international branch campuses can progressively build student experience. Within this chapter, readers can find steps to build student experience in the first year of operation, followed by fine steps that can assist in progressively developing student experience. The chapter then addresses the significance of students in transnational higher education and how this can be developed, leveraged, and converted to be a potent tool such as to ensure sustainable branch campuses (a form of transnational higher education).

scholarly journals Cambodia: Subprime Degrees?

2013 ◽  
pp. 15-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Ford
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Growth Rate ◽  
Private Institutions ◽  
Average Growth Rate ◽  
Average Growth ◽  
Branch Campuses ◽  
The Past ◽  
New Institutions

The Cambodian economy has achieved a healthy average growth rate of about 7 percent, over the past decade. Higher education has expanded more than tenfold, in the same period, and now includes 91 institutions (68 universities and 23 institutes or schools) of which 59 percent are private institutions, and almost 200,000 students. Access has improved greatly, as many new institutions and branch campuses of existing institutions have opened in provincial centers.

scholarly journals What a Branch Campus Is: A Revised Definition

2018 ◽  
pp. 12-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Wilkins ◽  
Laura Rumbley
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Branch Campus ◽  
Branch Campuses ◽  
International Branch Campuses ◽  
The Core ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
International Branch Campus ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Core Features

Although international branch campuses have become an established part of the cross-border higher education landscape, there is still debate about what an international branch campus actually is. The purpose of this article is to propose a revised definition of “international branch campus” that is clearer and more implementable than existing definitions. To achieve this goal, we considered how the terms “branch” and “campus” are used in business and higher education, and then identified the core features of these campuses.

scholarly journals When Developing Countries Meet Transnational Universities: Searching for Complementarity and Dealing With Dual Embeddedness

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 314-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Guimón ◽  
Rajneesh Narula
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Host Countries ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Branch Campuses ◽  
International Branch Campuses ◽  
The Past ◽  
Foreign Universities

During the past two decades, a growing number of universities, mainly from developed countries, have established branch campuses in developing countries. From the developing country perspective, attracting foreign universities can help mitigate financial constraints and capacity shortages that impair the state’s ability to provide greater access to higher education, while also improving teaching and research in general. However, foreign universities may also be detrimental if they crowd out their domestic counterparts. We explore different scenarios and policy options for developing countries aiming to attract foreign universities, building upon a review of four case studies from Chile, China, Kazakhstan, and Malaysia. Our analysis illustrates how host countries can provide incentives to align incoming foreign universities to complement and strengthen the areas of weakness in their higher education systems. We also reflect on how policy-makers can deal with the challenges associated with the dual embeddedness of international branch campuses.

scholarly journals Are We Facing a Fundamental Challenge to Higher Education Internationalization?

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (93) ◽  
pp. 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Altbach ◽  
Hans De Wit
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Freedom ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Branch Campuses ◽  
Education Community ◽  
Unlimited Growth ◽  
The One ◽  
Higher Education Internationalization

The global landscape for higher education internationalization is changing dramatically. What one might call “the era of higher education internationalization” might either be finished or, at least, be on life support. In addition to nationalist-populist factors, issues of academic freedom, ethics, the role of English, shifting patterns in student mobility, and concerns about transnational education, are challenging the future of internationalization. The current criticism about the unlimited growth of teaching in English, recruitment of international students and development of branch campuses, is coming from two completely opposite sources. On the one hand, there is the nationalist–populist argument of anti-international and anti-immigration. More relevant is the concern about quality, academic freedom, and ethics in the higher education community itself.

scholarly journals Transnational Higher Education and International Branch Campuses in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: The Case of the United Arab Emirates

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Michael Bridi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Scientific Progress ◽  
Gulf Cooperation Council ◽  
Government Funding ◽  
Rapid Expansion ◽  
Branch Campuses ◽  
International Branch Campuses ◽  
Transnational Higher Education ◽  
Internationalization Of Education

The aim of the paper is to examine the emergence of transnational higher education (TNHE) and international branch campuses (IBCs) in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).  The findings demonstrate that the emergence of TNHE and IBCs has been the result of interrelated political, economic, social, and academic factors.  First, the formation of the GCC was a key moment during which member states sought to stimulate scientific progress through the development of higher education as part of a strategy to meet labor demands and economic development.  Second, the commodification of education and the drive to increasing profits in educational institutions combined with decreases in government funding to Western universities during the neo-liberal era of capitalism have been an impetus for Western universities to seek ‘new markets’ beyond their borders.  Third, the liberating of regional trade policies in services, including education, combined with the internationalization of education has enabled the cross-border movement of students, educators, and institutions.  Fourth, the UAE’s unique demographic group mix, which consists of a majority of international expatriates, combined with significant government funding in the education sector and international partnerships has resulted in the rapid expansion of TNHE and IBCs.

scholarly journals The importance of IT in the adaption of Activity-based costing (ABC) in Higher Education Institutions (HEI)

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1228-1238
Author(s):  
Jamalludin Helmi Hashim
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Activity Based Costing ◽  
University System ◽  
Branch Campuses ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Traditional Costing

This study intends to highlight the possible significant relationship that may exists between Information Technology (IT) in the perceived usefulness of Activity-Based Costing (ABC) information as compared to the traditional costing across three different campus clusters of higher education institutions (HEI) in Malaysia. The perceived usefulness of ABC was represented by two elements, namely i) quality, and ii) functionality of costing system. The respondents were selected using disproportionate stratified random sampling method among the users of costing information in the biggest public university in Malaysia with a multi-campus university system. Among the twelve branch campuses across the country, the data was collected using structured postal questionnaires that were distributed to 96 respondents. The result indicated that there is no significant difference of perceived usefulness of information produced by ABC system across all three type campus clusters under study. Furthermore, statistical analysis also shown that there is no statistically significant interaction across three types of campus clusters to affect Perception of Usefulness (POU). As the findings from this study found to be contradict from the previous studies , these might be due to the nature of a multi-campus university system which practising the centralised administration across all branch campuses. In addition to that, unlike previous studies, this study extended the applicability of IT in two dimensions of university administrations, i.e., as a support system for administration and as a management tool.

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