Intercultural Competence
Higher Education Internationalisation at the Crossroads of Neoliberal, Cultural and Religious Social Imaginaries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3554519 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lize-Mari Mitchell (0000-0001-8830-4137, Tilburg University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 801 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-19 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel14060801 |
| OpenAlex | W4381249448 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 39 |
As the world is becoming more globalised, intercultural competence development within higher education is at a crossroads between the competing aims of neoliberal and cultural social imaginaries. On the one end, the global market demands graduates that are interculturally competent. Higher education is attempting to meet this demand with internationalisation endeavours, specifically virtual exchange programmes. There exists a widely held assumption that these programmes will lead to intercultural competence development. However, this article questions this assumption due to the neoliberal hegemony within which higher education functions, which emphasises market rationales. This is placed in contrast to intercultural competence development within a humanistic educational setting, which emphasises cultural pluralism. A strong link is drawn between the importance of intercultural competence and the ability of graduates to navigate diverse cultural social imaginaries. This paper argues that the neoliberal social imaginary poses a risk of trivialising the humanistic meaning of intercultural competence development in higher education to mere neoliberal cosmopolitan capital for the human consumer
Hegemony · Intercultural communication · Intercultural Competence · Intercultural relations · Internationalization · Pedagogy · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Higher Education Governance and Development · International Student and Expatriate Challenges · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |