The Internationalization of Higher Education from a Peripheral Perspective

Abstract

The dynamics of international relations between universities is a phenomenon that dates back many years and also represents a contemporary phenomenon. At present, the process of internationalization is inscribed in a world scenario marked by globalization, making it difficult to think of a university that does not attend to these issues. In this new context, universities are taking on the task of internationalizing. This internationalization process has international cooperation as its instrument. When it comes to cooperation, universities encounter certain challenges, since cooperation, seen from a rationalist point of view, represents interests. Faced with this, university institutions must strengthen the "international management capacity" of their International Relations Offices by paying special attention to their domestic internationalization objectives.