The internationalization of Higher Education and the challenges for sustainable development

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1981-2582.2024.1.46477

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Higher Education, World Conference on Higher Education, Regional Conference on Higher Education, Internationalization, Sustainable Development

Abstract

This paper – an exploratory and qualitative study – aims to analyze the internationalization of Higher Education and the challenges to its sustainable development by means of a bibliographical and documental study. The study approaches the world and regional conferences on Higher Education, organized within UNESCO’s framework for action between 1996 and 2024. Among the discoveries of the research one of the highlights is the fact that the concept of education adopted by UNESCO is related to the understanding of economic growth and national development. This perspective on the educational field is presented in almost every document published by the international organization. In 2015, UN approved the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, and from this moment onwards, the effort was centered in the accomplishment of the SDG and 2023 Agenda. In the scenario, the conception of a Latin American internationalization – “humanist and sympathetic” – based on collaborative networks may contribute to advances on the SDG 4, particularly regarding an inclusive, equitable and quality education. In this line of reasoning, which emerges from tensions between globalization and regionalism, stands out the importance of analyzing UNESCO’s propositions for education. These propositions are drawn to similar reforms within many global educational systems and to evaluate the convergence point between such global propositions and the respect for the regional/national sovereignty, and which are the bases for that to happen.

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Bettina Steren dos Santos, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.

Manuir José Mentges , Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.

He is the Vice-Rector of PUCRS and a full professor in the Postgraduate Program in Education. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Marist Network and the Integrated Network of Marist Schools of Brazil. He holds a PhD in Education from PUCRS. He conducts research in the area of ​​Human Sciences, with an emphasis on Education, Management, Internationalization and Cooperation Networks for Higher Education.

Marilia Costa Morosini, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.

Full Professor at PUCRS, Coordinator of the Center for Studies in Higher Education at PUCRS, Researcher productivity 1A CNPq. PhD in Human Sciences, from UFRGS, with post-doctorate at the University of Texas, in Austin.

Lourdes Evangelina Zilberberg Oviedo, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.

She is the Director of Internationalization and Local Director of the Confucius Institute for Business at the Armando Alvares Penteado Foundation (FAAP), São Paulo, Brazil. She holds a PhD in Higher Education Policy and Management from the Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero, Argentina. She is currently doing a postdoctoral internship in Education at PUCRS.

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2024-10-10

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Steren dos Santos, B., Mentges , M. J., Costa Morosini, M., & Zilberberg Oviedo, L. E. (2024). The internationalization of Higher Education and the challenges for sustainable development. Educação, 47(1), e46477. https://doi.org/10.15448/1981-2582.2024.1.46477

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