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Rakhshandehroo, Mahboubeh; Ivanova, Polina – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2020
The adoption of English-medium instruction degree and non-degree programs in non-Anglophone universities has grown dramatically over the past 15 years. Japan is not an exception. In the Japanese context, a growing number of research works have addressed the implementation of English-medium degree programs at the undergraduate level; however,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction, Foreign Students
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Sin, Cristina; Tavares, Orlanda; Cardoso, Sónia – Journal of International Students, 2019
Public institutions in Portugal have not invested in strategies to attract international students until recently, when the adoption of new legislation and a national strategy for internationalization created more appealing conditions for it. This article aims to study the strategies institutions employ to recruit international students in a…
Descriptors: Portuguese, Student Recruitment, College Admission, State Universities
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Ya-Ting, Huang; Hui-Min, Wang – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2019
The brief report describes an exploratory investigation into changes to three university EFL teachers' teaching practices in a research-intensive university framed by managerialist technologies to improve its visibility and global ranking. The findings revealed that substantial changes have been brought about to their teaching practices in terms…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Change, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Ramírez, Alexander – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2020
This reflection paper disseminates the design and implementation of an English placement test for first semester students from different majors. This design was carried out within the framework of a research project in a Colombian public university. The article has a twofold purpose: to scrutinize the stages leading to a test, and to highlight the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Tests
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Lannert, Judit; Derényi, András – Hungarian Educational Research Journal, 2020
Authors present the main results of a research conducted in 2017. Extensive empirical data have been gathered on different issues and dimensions of internationalization among Hungarian universities. Doctoral schools have been covered as well. Data analysis unfolded local and systemic features of internationalization. Hungarian universities are…
Descriptors: Higher Education, International Education, Educational Development, Universities
Karlsson, Susanna; Karlsson, Tom S. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2020
This article examines Language Policy documents within higher education institutions in Sweden. Its main focus is on how national language policies and policies for internationalization of the higher education are reinterpreted as local language policy. The analysis of ideologies surrounding the prescribed language(s) in meetings of decision…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Higher Education, Educational Policy, Swedish
Alkhateeb, Hadeel; Al Hamad, Muntasir; Mustafawi, Eiman – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2020
Qatar University is currently at a crossroads, having to respond to competing institutional, national, and international language policy issues. This paper aims to reveal how Qatar University's internal and external stakeholders perceive the future directions of the university's language in education policy. In particular, through Q-methodology,…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Q Methodology, Semitic Languages, English (Second Language)
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Vu, Mai Trang – Quality in Higher Education, 2019
This case study of a university in Vietnam examines how professionalism is established and managed in the university context as manifested in institutional quality assurance policies and practices towards academic staff development. By looking at both 'regulations and instrumentalities', the research showcases the different political forces…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Entrepreneurship, Professionalism, Educational Quality
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Luqiu, Luwei Rose; McCarthy, John D. – Journal of Higher Education, 2019
By 2016, Hanban, a propaganda arm of the Chinese government, had successfully established Confucius Institutes (CIs) at 15% of the largest institutions of higher education, including some of the most prestigious institutions, and in almost every state across the United States. The authors describe in detail the extent of penetration by Hanban and…
Descriptors: Confucianism, Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Meur, Dave; Chong, Fen Nee; Nisbet, Alastair – Australian Association for Research in Education, 2014
Education, and especially tertiary education, is vital for people preparing for the workforce. Students have a range of choices for higher education, from domestic tertiary institutions to the option of studying overseas. A number of factors influence this choice, such as the perceived benefits of living in an English speaking country and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Foreign Countries, College Choice, Study Abroad
Curbelo Ruiz, Aurelio – ProQuest LLC, 2013
As the world becomes globalized by the influence of science and technology, academic institutions in Central America must provide international academic and research opportunities that are conductive to multicultural learning for students, faculty, and staff. Public and private universities in Central America are attempting to increase awareness…
Descriptors: College Administration, Administrator Attitudes, Study Abroad, Leadership Role
Verdoodt, Albert – 1969
A noticeable trend in higher education is the development of the bilingual university. This study considers a university bilingual if it satisfies one element in the following definition: (1) all courses are given in both languages; (2) a part of the program is in both languages; or (3) all students are required to take some courses in one…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, College Administration, College Language Programs