Introduksjon til høyere internasjonal utdanning

The course is structured around four units of content:
1)International higher Education: General Introduction
The first unit will focus the history of higher education in different parts of the world and illuminate main research traditions and point out converging tendencies.
2)The Globalisation Context of Higher Education
Globalisation as concept and reality is described. The emergence of "new" universities (e.g. entrepreneurial, innovative, virtual, service universities, corporate) will be presented and analysed in relation to economical, cultural and technological changes.
3)Change Leadership in Universities and Colleges
As consequences of changed context (economy, technology and culture) universities´ and colleges´ changes in terms of their governance, leadership and management in general will be identified and analysed.
4)Changed production: New modes of knowledge production and new ways of organising learning
The changing agenda of deciding research policies at national and institutional levels is analysed. Moreover, tendencies of change in terms of how discipline-based and applied research is carried out will be studied. Consequences for organising of learning following from mass recruitment and changed expectations to qualifications from state and market will be analysed.

The aim of the course is to provide an introduction to the field of comparative and international higher education. Students are made familiar with the history of higher education, globalisation as a new context of higher education and consequences following for the mission, production of research and learning, organisation and management of higher education institutions.

Seminars including lectures, discussions and presentations made by students. Students have to study a core content of about 400 pages. In addition there will be a list of recommended readings.
Vurderingsform: The exam is twofold. Firstly, the students have to write a research paper (15-20 pages) on a topic approved by the course professor, and applying core content and students´ choice from the List of recommended readings. The paper is assessed by the course professor according to approved or not approved. A paper that is not approved can be revised and given new assessment. Secondly, the paper has to be presented orally in a
seminar of research students and researchers, where a fellow student has prepared to act as discussant.