Public Discourse and Public Policy on Foreign Interference in Higher Education

Autor/inn/en	Long, Kyle A.; O'Connell, Carly
Titel	Public Discourse and Public Policy on Foreign Interference in Higher Education
Quelle	In: Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 14 (2022) 5, S.15-42 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2151-0393
Schlagwörter	Public Policy; International Relations; Foreign Countries; Victims; Political Attitudes; Power Structure; Discourse Analysis; News Reporting; Comparative Analysis; National Security; Information Security; Authoritarianism; Higher Education; Fear; Foreign Students; International Cooperation; Research; International Education; Censorship; Propaganda; Foreign Policy; United States; China; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Öffentliche Ordnung; Internationale Beziehungen; Ausland; Victim; Opfer; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Diskursanalyse; News report; Reportage; National territory; Security; Staatsgebiet; Sicherheit; Autoritarismus; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Furcht; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Forschung; Internationale Erziehung; Politische Zensur; Außenpolitik; USA; Australien
Abstract	In recent years, news media have increased reporting about alleged foreign interference in universities worldwide. A flurry of new policies has followed. This article reviews discourse and policy on foreign interference in higher education in select countries. It identifies the alleged perpetrators and victims, the victims' concerns and responses, and the voices shaping the narrative about foreign interference. We combine the concepts of sharp power and right-wing authoritarianism to inform a discourse analysis and comparative policy analysis of a data set of 161 news articles and related media sources spanning a 30-month period of 2019-2021. Our findings highlight how government actors within the United States and Australia drive the international English-language discourse about Chinese foreign interference in a polarized media environment. We observe well-founded fears of China's exploitation of international students and research collaborations to the detriment of national security. At the same time, a resurgent worldwide authoritarian movement is also exploiting these concerns to augment longstanding assaults on higher education. Our study helps to bridge the gap between the primarily positive framing of the internationalization of higher education in scholarly discourse and the negative focus on foreign interference in higher education in the media, government, and other public discourse. It also serves as an important introduction to this phenomenon and call to action for scholars of the internationalization of higher education to conduct further research and actively engage in the broader discourse around this topic. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01