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@MISC{_‘internationalisation’,
author = {},
title = {‘Internationalisation ’ and related terms},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
The term ‘internationalisation ’ emerged in the Australian higher education literature in the 1990s. The past five years in particular have witnessed a rapidly expanding engagement with the subject in all its forms. Despite its current prevalence, however, the meanings of internationalisation and related terms remain inherently vague. For example, whilst de Wit (2002) acknowledged that internationalisation is an important issue in the development of higher education, he said that “it is still a phenomenon with a lot of question marks regarding its historical dimension; its meaning, concept and strategic aspects; its relationship to developments in society and higher education in general ” (p. 215). Bartell (2003), too, noted that internationalisation is “far from a clearly defined and understood concept ” (p. 45). Knight (2004) suggested that internationalisation can mean different things to different people and is used in a variety of ways, resulting in confusion about its meaning (p. 1). Liddicoat, Eisenchlas, and Trevaskes (2003) commented that internationalisation is “a slippery concept” (p. 1). Harman (2005) noted that the word ‘internationalisation ’ is used in a number of different senses, often without precise definition (p. 120). Altbach (2002) said that
