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Internationalization of

The Center for International Higher
Education (CIHE) Higher Education: Past and
The Boston College Center for International Higher
Education brings an international consciousness Future
to the analysis of higher education. We believe
that an international perspective will contribute to Jane Knight and Hans de Wit
enlightened policy and practice. To serve this goal,
the Center publishes the International Higher Education Jane Knight is adjunct professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies
quarterly newsletter, a book series, and other in Education, University of Toronto, Canada. E-mail: jane.knight@
utoronto.ca. Hans de Wit is director of the Center for International
publications; sponsors conferences; and welcomes
Higher Education, Boston College, US. E-mail: dewitj@bc.edu.
visiting scholars. We have a special concern for
academic institutions in the Jesuit tradition worldwide
and, more broadly, with Catholic universities. This essay is based on the preface of the book The Future
The Center promotes dialogue and cooperation Agenda for Internationalization in Higher Education, ed-
among academic institutions throughout the ited by Douglas Proctor and Laura E. Rumbley (Routledge,
world. We believe that the future depends on effective 2018).
collaboration and the creation of an international
community focused on the improvement ver the past 25 years, internationalization has evolved
of higher education in the public interest. Ofrom a marginal and minor component to a global,
Opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect strategic, and mainstream factor in higher education. Hav-
the views of the Center for International Higher ing been active participants in and analysts of that evolu-
Education. tion, it seems appropriate to ask ourselves the question:
The Center is closely related to the graduate program where have we come from and where are we going?
in higher education at the Lynch School of Educa- In 1995, we cowrote “Strategies for Internationali-
tion, Boston College. The Center offers an M.A. and a sation of Higher Education: Historical and Conceptual
Certificate of International Higher Education. For ad- Perspectives” as the introductory chapter of what can be
ditional information see: https://www.bc.edu/IHEMA considered the first comparative international study on in-
https://www.bc.edu/IHECert ternationalization strategies, building on a small number
of previous studies emanating primarily from American
Editor
Philip G. Altbach and European sources. Since then, while the meanings,
rationales, and approaches to internationalization have
AssociAtE Editors
Laura E. Rumbley, Hans de Wit evolved, as has the context in which it is taking place, the
PublicAtions Editors foundation for the study of internationalization has not
Hélène Bernot Ullerö, Lisa Unangst substantively changed. Internationalization has become
EditoriAl AssistAnt a very broad and varied concept, including many new ra-
Salina Kopellas
tionales, approaches, and strategies in different and con-
EditoriAl officE stantly changing contexts. It is revealing to see how the
Center for International Higher Education
Campion Hall terminology used to describe the international dimension
Boston College of higher education has evolved over the past five decades.
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467- USA Who would have guessed in the past century—when
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we would today be discussing new developments such as
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been a term used commonly throughout the years—and is
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still preferred in many countries.
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