Internationalization of higher education in Brazil

Advances, Obstacles, and Challenges

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4354767
AutoresClarissa Eckert Baeta Neves (0000-0002-4047-8581, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul), Maria Ligia De Oliveira Barbosa (0000-0002-7922-8643, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
Ano2020
Volume22
Fascículo54
Páginas144-175
Data de publicação2020-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSociologias (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1517-4522 • E-ISSN: 1807-0337
EditoraFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/15174522-99656
OpenAlexW3080270000
SCIELO_PIDS1517-45222020000200144
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas11
Referências citadas21

In recent years, in Brazil, the theme of the internationalization of universities has become part of the agenda of academic leaders, main funding agencies and representative entities of public and private HEIs. This article aims to analyze the experience of HEIs and funding agencies in Brazil regarding the issue of internationalization. Starting from the process of traditional international academic cooperation, we seek to observe advances of Brazilian universities towards the definition of broader and more complex institutional strategies and objectives regarding internationalization. Drawing on concepts of the internationalization process, we briefly depict the main features of the Brazilian higher education and postgraduate system, analyzing cooperation and international influences within it. Then, we discuss the internationalization policies implemented by central government agencies and the involvement of HEIs in institutional internationalization actions. It is observed that the internationalization of Brazilian higher education system is still incipient and that HEIs are scarcely proactive in the development of institutional policies to receive and in leveraging the opportunities offered in the process

Business · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics · Higher education · International trade · Internationalization · Internationalization of Higher Education · Political science · Process (computing · Public relations · Theme (computing · Education and Public Policy · Higher Education Governance and Development · Public Administration · Science and Science Education