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 Dr. Gerardo L. Blanco University of Connecticut, USA |
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| Title: The relationship between higher education quality and the internationalization of universities | |
| Abstract: Stratification and status competition are prevalent dynamics among higher education institutions. However, nuanced analyses of the strategies that universities employ to evaluate, improve and communicate their quality remain limited. This presentation discusses the ways in which Western universities gain legitimacy, with a focus on some of the most prestigious higher education institutions in North America, namely the members of the Association of American Universities (AAU). By focusing on the construction of legitimacy in North American higher education institutions, some lessons learned will be shared with the audience. Of particular interest is the relationship between quality and internationalization. As such, the impact of accreditation processes and rankings will be extensively discussed. | |
| Biography:
Dr. Gerardo Blanco is an Associate Professor of Higher Education at the University of Connecticut’s Neag School of Education. His research explores the intersections of quality, branding and position taking in a context of global competition in higher education. Dr. Blanco is an internationally engaged scholar and his research and teaching span across 15 countries and five continents. His research has been published in top international journals, including the Comparative Education Review, Higher Education, and Studies in Higher Education, among many others. He has been visiting faculty at Shaanxi Normal University (Xi’an, China), visiting expert at the International Center for Higher Education Research at the University of Kassel (Germany), and an Erasmus+ Fellow at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (Poland). He is the 2017 recipient of the “Best Research Article Award” by the Higher Education SIG of the Comparative & International Education Society.
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