Seeding Change through International University Partnerships: The MIT-Portugal Program as a Driver of Internationalization, Networking, and Innovation

Autor/inn/en	Pfotenhauer, Sebastian M.; Jacobs, Joshua S.; Pertuze, Julio A.; Newman, Dava J.; Roos, Daniel T.
Titel	Seeding Change through International University Partnerships: The MIT-Portugal Program as a Driver of Internationalization, Networking, and Innovation
Quelle	In: Higher Education Policy, 26 (2013) 2, S.217-242 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0952-8733
DOI	10.1057/hep.2012.28
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Partnerships in Education; International Education; Educational Change; Strategic Planning; Interviews; Surveys; Selective Admission; Engineering Education; Innovation; Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Labor Force Development; International Cooperation; Student Mobility; Portugal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Internationale Erziehung; Bildungsreform; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Bildungsselektion; Ingenieurausbildung; Unternehmungsgeist; Humankapital; Arbeitskräftebestand; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität
Abstract	Higher education systems around the globe are experimenting with different strategies to foster internationalization and networking, achieve critical research mass, and strengthen innovation and labour market integration. This paper discusses how Portugal, since 2006, has pursued a distinctive international collaborative strategy to induce critical changes in strategic focus areas at its leading institutions. Utilizing survey and interview data from the MIT-Portugal Program, this paper demonstrates how international collaborations are used to raise student internationalization and selectivity rates, to create national clusters of excellence, and to re-orient engineering education towards innovation and entrepreneurship. The data show that MIT-Portugal has created significant spillovers into Portuguese institutions, underscoring the potential of international collaborations to be drivers of systemic change. We argue Portugal's collaborative approach represents a model strategy for building a targeted human resource, research, and innovation base suited for long-term economic growth. Our findings are relevant for other countries facing similar transition challenges. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10