Ethical Issues in Transnational Higher Education: The Case of International Branch Campuses

Autor/in	Wilkins, Stephen
Titel	Ethical Issues in Transnational Higher Education: The Case of International Branch Campuses
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 42 (2017) 8, S.1385-1400 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Wilkins, Stephen)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2015.1099624
Schlagwörter	Ethics; Higher Education; Campuses; Stakeholders; Multicampus Colleges; Foreign Countries; Study Abroad; International Education; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethik; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ausland; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Internationale Erziehung; Großbritannien
Abstract	The establishment of an international branch campus can impact upon a diverse range of stakeholders in both home and host countries. Many of the arguments against international branch campuses are based on ethical issues, such as the lack of academic freedom and civil liberties in host countries. Ignoring ethical issues may deny institutions the achievement of legitimacy, which can result in financial losses and reputational damage. Thus, the purpose of this article is to identify the ethical issues that higher education managers should recognise and address when considering the establishment of an international branch campus. A framework based on analysing how home and host country stakeholders might be impacted by the establishment of an international branch campus--and how they might influence higher education institutions--is proposed. It was found that institutions which are flexible, quick to learn, and possess the dynamic capabilities necessary to drive organisational change might be the institutions that have the greatest chance of success in foreign markets. Given that at the start of 2015, at least 24 new international branch campuses were planned or in the process of being built, it is concluded that higher education institutions will have to continue treading the thin line between trying to fit in with their host cultures while simultaneously trying to achieve academic freedom and improve local social, political, and legal conditions. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01