Bridging universities and the world
A cross-national analysis of countries’ participation in the Unitwin/Unesco Chairs Programme, 1992–2020
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11919981 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jieun Song (0000-0001-6745-1031, Stanford University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1011-1029 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-09 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Compare A Journal of Comparative and International Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-7925 • E-ISSN: 1469-3623 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03057925.2024.2352830 |
| OpenAlex | W4396779175 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 41 |
The UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme is a global initiative for higher education institutions around the world. Participants are expected to uphold the values of UNESCO and contribute to the development of a broader society, often beyond national boundaries. Despite the lack of financial incentives, more than 1,300 higher education institutions from 142 countries have been involved since the programme launched in 1992. Drawing on theories concerning both national and global environments, I employ event count analysis to investigate what drives the successful diffusion of the programme and what factors influence countries' differing levels of participation. The results reveal that participation density, countries' linkages to world society, existence of the ministry of higher education, and the occurrence of relevant world conferences are positively associated with participation. Developing countries took part more actively in the earlier era during which UNESCO provided seed money to launch programmes
Bridging (networking · Economic growth · Economics · Library science · Political science · Regional science · Sociology · Computer Science · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Higher Education Governance and Development · International Development and Aid
World society and human rights
Globalisation and the university
Internationalization in higher education
Higher education contributing to local, national, and global development
The Stages of Economic Growth
Multilevel Analysis
China’s Strategy for the Internationalization of Higher Education
The rise of the social state as a global model
International organisations and policy diffusion
Educational multilateralism in a changing world order
The Governance of Universities
Embracing the global
Rethinking the mission of internationalization of higher education in the Asia-Pacific region
National internationalisation of higher education policy in Singapore and Japan
Political conditionality’ and democratisation
Global governance, educational change
Bound to Fail
Illiberal Reactions to Higher Education
International Norm Dynamics and Political Change
The Iron Cage Revisited
The Nation-State and the Natural Environment over the Twentieth Century
The Social Foundations of Academic Freedom
Modernization Theory Never Dies
Unesco and the Associated Schools Project
The Global Diffusion of Public Policies
World Society and the Nation-State
Institutional conditions for diffusion
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