Administering higher education policies in the Baltic states
Balancing the language demands in multilingual society
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11182003 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Merli Tamtik (0000-0001-6148-5484, University of Manitoba, corresponding author), Soon Young Jang (0000-0001-9564-8173, Language and Literacies Education, Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/University of Toronto), Toronto, Ontario, Canada) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 803-817 |
| Publication date | 2018-10-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0143-4632 • E-ISSN: 1747-7557 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01434632.2018.1439949 |
| OpenAlex | W2791631627 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 36 |
Along with increased international migration, many nation-states are facing the dilemma of embracing a multi-cultural and multi-lingual society while protecting their cultural and linguistic heritage. Non-Anglophone universities are often the sites of this struggle as they aim to become world-class international universities operating largely in English, yet strive to reinforce national identities through language policies. This paper examines higher education policies vis-à-vis language in the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania). The aim of the paper is to identify how universities have positioned themselves to respond to the complexity of local, national, and global pressures regarding the use of national language versus other languages. Glonacal agency heuristic [Marginson and Rhoades 2002, ‘Beyond National States, Markets, and Systems of Higher Education: A Glonacal Agency Heuristic.’ Higher Education 43 (3): 281–309] was used to frame the study. Content analysis of 16 policy documents revealed that while the practices might still lean towards English as the dominant foreign language in the higher education context, there are distinct strategic steps taken in the institutional and national contexts to support maintaining cultural and linguistic diversity in the Baltic States
Agency (philosophy · Context (archaeology · Dilemma · Economic growth · Economics · Foreign language · Geography · Higher education · Language education · Language planning · Language policy · Linguistics · National language · Pedagogy · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Higher Education Governance and Development · Higher Education Learning Practices · Law · Public Administration · Second Language Learning and Teaching
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |