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The Roles of International Organizations (IOs) in Globalizing Higher Education Policy

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This chapter describes the dynamics involved in globalizing higher education policy vis-à-vis international organizations (IOs). It synthesizes the higher education literature to date on four key IOs that assemble a higher education global policy space, namely the World Bank (WB), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the United Nations Educational, Science, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and the European Union (EU). Three emergent themes are presented that help us understand IOs and their relationship with higher education policy: IOs as discursive forces, IOs as networker and coordinator, and the salience and mediation of IO policy influences. Based on this literature review, it argues that the study of IOs is integral to understanding the globalization of higher education policy and recommends higher education researchers to move beyond methodological nationalism and higher educationism in policy studies.

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Shahjahan, R.A. (2012). The Roles of International Organizations (IOs) in Globalizing Higher Education Policy. In: Smart, J., Paulsen, M. (eds) Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research. Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, vol 27. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2950-6_8

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