RUSC: Call for Papers 2011 - Call for articles open for the next monographic issue on Globalisation and Internationalisation of Higher Education

Call for articles open for the next monographic issue on Globalisation and Internationalisation of Higher Education

Over the past 25 years, in response to the increasing globalisation of our economies and societies, the international dimension of higher education has become more central on the agenda of national governments, institutions of higher education and their representative bodies, student organisations, and accreditation agencies. Internationalisation over these years has moved from a reactive to a pro-active strategic issue, from added value to mainstream, and has also seen its focus, scope and content evolve substantially. Increasing competition in higher education and the commercialisation and cross-border delivery of higher education have challenged the value traditionally attached to cooperation: exchanges and partnerships. The global knowledge economy has forced higher education to react but has also stimulated it to become an important actor and competitor. This issue will look at different ways higher education responds to the challenges of globalisation and how it impacts its international dimension.

Subject areas

We are interested in receiving research articles on this topic by authors from all educational sectors and around the world. The specific thematic areas of the monographic issue are as follows:

? Changing perspectives on internationalisation in the global knowledge economy
? Regionalisation, globalisation and internationalisation (Bologna Process)
? Cross-border education (off-shore programmes, student mobility, etc.)
? Internationalisation at home: internationalisation of the curriculum, international and intercultural competencies

Guest Editor: Hans de Wit

He has been Professor (lector) of Internationalisation of Higher Education at the School of Economics and Management of the Hogeschool van Amsterdam, University of Applied Sciences, since August 2009.
He is Co-Editor of the Journal of Studies in International Education (Association for Studies in International Education/SAGE). He has (co)written a number of books and articles on international education and is actively involved in assessment and consultancy in international education, for organisations including the European Commission, UNESCO, the World Bank, IMHE/OECD. His latest books are Hans de Wit (2009). (Ed.). Measuring Success in Internationalisation of Higher Education, EAIE Occasional Paper, Amsterdam; and Hans de Wit, Pawan Agarwal, Mohsen Elmahdy Said, Molatlhegi Sehoole and Muhammad Sirozi, (Eds.). (2008). The Dynamics of International Student Circulation in a Global Context. SensePublishers, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. In 2005-2006, he was a Fulbright New Century Scholar on Higher Education in the 21st Century, and in 1995 and 2006 a visiting scholar in the USA (Center for International Higher Education, Boston College) and in 2002 in Australia. He has held the posts of Vice President for International Affairs and Senior International Advisor at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, between 1986 and 2005, among others. Hans de Wit is founding member and former president of the European Association for International Education (EAIE).

Deadline

Articles should be submitted by 7 January 2011.
Articles will be published in volume 8, issue 2, on June 2011.

Author guidelines and submission process

Articles should not exceed 5,000 words and must contain the following:

- Title
- Abstract (200-300 words)
- 4 to 6 keywords
- Article (divided into sections and subsections)
- References
- Figures can be included within the article, but please also attach them in a separate file.

In order to ensure a blind review, please place authors’ personal details in a separate file. The personal details required are:

- Name and surname
- Position or academic appointment
- Full physical work address, and electronic address
- Brief résumé (100-200 words)

The articles selected by the editors will be peer reviewed by at least two members of RUSC’s Editorial Board or by recognised experts in the field, as indicated by the editor.

You need to register as an author on the journal’s website in order to submit work (http://www.uoc.edu/ojs/index.php/rusc/user/registe...). Once registered, enter the username and password you receive during the registration process to begin the submission process. In Step 1, select the Monograph section, and accept the prior conditions for submission and copyright. In Step 2, enter the metadata (title, abstract, keywords). In Step 3, attach the original. You can leave Step 4 empty if there are no additional files, but you need to go on to Step 5 to complete the process.

We strongly recommend checking the journal’s author guidelines (http://www.uoc.edu/ojs/index.php/rusc/about/submis...) before submitting an article.