The Emerging Global System of Higher Education and Its Challenge to

Internationalization

Susan Buck SuttonBryn Mawr College(Donna Scarboro

George Washington University)USA

System = “a group or combination of interrelated, interdependent, or interacting

elements forming a collective entity”

Internationalization =

• “integrating an international and intercultural dimension into the teaching, research and service functions of an institution” (Knight 1994)

• “the process of integrating an international, intercultural or global dimension into the purpose, functions or delivery of higher education at the institutional and national levels” (Knight 2008)

No More Ivory Towers

Al-Quds University & Bard College

Global citizenship for institutions, as well as their students.

Asian University for Women/Women in Public Service Project