An Emerging Theoretical Perspective for Understanding the Internationalization Activities of Higher Education:Analysis based on Jane Knight's Ideas on Knowledge Diplomacy
The current trajectory of globalization faces multi-faceted hindrances,necessitating a transformative shift. Emphasis remains on status,discourse power,and power disparities in international higher education,intensifying global confrontations and inter-country strategies. Jane Knight's theory of knowledge diplomacy provides a novel perspective on higher education internationalization. It focuses on the role of global knowledge exchange in forging connections between nations and addressing global challenges in higher education,research,and innovation. While current circumstances offer illustrative cases of international higher education endeavors that vividly epitomize the conceptual and characteristic underpinnings of knowledge diplomacy,the prospects for its more expansive application demand profound reflection upon several cardinal considerations. These include the imperative to contemplate how the international higher education landscape can be reconfigured on the foundational basis of knowledge flow,the exigency of achieving a harmonious equilibrium between the hierarchical valuations of knowledge diplomacy and knowledge potency,and the agency of higher education institutions in assuming a leadership role within the ambit of knowledge diplomacy.
knowledge diplomacyinternationalization of higher educationknowledge sharingtransnational flow of knowledge
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