"This book explores the rapidly expanding world of cross-border education. As international student numbers have surged from 1.6 million in 2000 to over 6.4 million in 2022, transnational education (TNE) has become a transformative force in global highereducation. This volume delves into how universities cross borders to deliver education, exploring models ranging from international branch campuses to digital learning platforms. Drawing on rich case studies from Asia, the Middle East, and beyond, the book examines four key dimensions of TNE: alignment with sustainable development goals, cross-border governance frameworks, regional cultural dynamics, and student experience. It offers a detailed analysis of established TNE markets like Malaysia and the Gulf states while uncovering developments in emerging hubs such as Sri Lanka and Vietnam. The contributors examine critical questions of quality assurance, cultural adaptation, and institutional partnerships that shape modern TNE. This book is an essential resource for policymakers, educators, and institutional leaders in an increasingly interconnected world. By offering practical strategies and forward-looking insights, it equips readers to navigate the complexities of TNE and leverage its potential to address pressing global challenges, from educational inequality to workforce development-a vital guide for shaping the future of international education"--
This book explores the rapidly expanding world of cross-border education. As international student numbers have surged from 1.6 million in 2000 to over 6.4 million in 2022, transnational education (TNE) has become a transformative force in global higher education. This volume delves into how universities cross borders to deliver education, exploring models ranging from international branch campuses to digital learning platforms.
Drawing on rich case studies from Asia, the Middle East, and beyond, the book examines four key dimensions of TNE: alignment with sustainable development goals, cross-border governance frameworks, regional cultural dynamics, and student experience. It offers a detailed analysis of established TNE markets like Malaysia and the Gulf states while uncovering developments in emerging hubs such as Sri Lanka and Vietnam. The contributors examine critical questions of quality assurance, cultural adaptation, and institutional partnerships that shape modern TNE.
This book is an essential resource for policymakers, educators, and institutional leaders in an increasingly interconnected world. By offering practical strategies and forward-looking insights, it equips readers to navigate the complexities of TNE and leverage its potential to address pressing global challenges, from educational inequality to workforce development a vital guide for shaping the future of international education.
This book explores the rapidly expanding world of cross-border education. By offering practical strategies and forward-looking insights, it equips readers to navigate the complexities of TNE and leverage its potential to address pressing global challengesa vital guide for shaping the future of international education.
PART I Foundations and frameworks
1. Analysing Transnational Education:
Meaning, Strategies, Trends, and Issues Jane Knight
2. Transcending Borders,
Transforming Futures: Promoting Sustainable Development Goals in
Transnational Education Rozilini Mary Fernandez-Chung
3. Teaching and
Learning in Transnational Settings: A Discourse Richard Peter Bailey, Chan
Nee Nee, Rajeevnath Ramnath, Genevieve Flores Dipolog, Anika Rahman, and
Simranjeet Kaur Judge Charanjeet Singh PART II Governance and quality
assurance
4. Comparative Values in Transnational Education Clive Rosen
5.
Building Quality in Transnational Higher Education: A Comparative Analysis of
Institutional Governance in Australia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan Arianna Fang Yu
Lin and Angela Yung Chi Hou
6. The Global Recognition Challenge for
Transnational Education: Navigating Divergences of Quality Assurance
Practices and Understandings Fabrizio Trifiró
7. Public Sector Involvement in
Malaysias Transnational Higher Education Doria Abdullah and Norzaini Azman
PART III Cultural and regional perspectives
8. Transnational Education in
the Gulf Cooperation Council: Shifting Priorities in a Period of
De-globalisation Lucy Bailey and Ted Purinton
9. Transnational Education in
Russia: Navigating Policy, Geopolitics, and Globalisation Challenges Svetlana
Shenderova
10. Transnational Higher Education in Sri Lanka: A Case Study
Harsha Aturupane PART IV Student-centric issues
11. Student Well-being in
Transnational Education: Financial Challenges and Institutional Responses
Ranjit Singh Gill and Shamsiah Banu Hj Mohamad Hanefar
12. The Growth of
Transnational Education in Vietnam: Policies and Practices of TNE John Peter
Bolton, Ly Tran, Katya Johanson, and Diep Nguyen
Rozilini Mary Fernandez-Chung, PFHEA, Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham Malaysia, is a globally recognised expert in higher education policy, transnational education, leadership, and quality assurance. A Principal Fellow (PFHEA) of the Advance HE, UK, she continues to shape education systems worldwide through impactful research, publications, audits, and consultancies.
Ranjit Singh Gill, Deputy Dean at Quest International University, has extensive expertise in teacher development, language education policy, and institutional transformation. He has shaped English as a Second Language educational policy and practice through leadership roles at the University of Nottingham Malaysia and Malaysia's Ministry of Education through impactful curriculum development and professional training initiatives.
