Malaysia's 2020+ view of higher education internationalization

An Inside Higher Education essay by Kris Olds explores what it means for Malaysia to embrace a global world with an international perspective. The essay indicates that globalization and internationalization are not consistently distinguished from each other, a perspective with which I agree. However, very significant work has been done, including Enhancing Student Learning and Development in Cross-Border Higher Education (Roberts & Komives, eds., 2016), to clarify that internationalization is really what most institutions are likely to want to pursue. In his concluding paragraph, Olds asserts that, "the real aims and objectives of international education, which is to realize international understanding among nations." Beyond this, I would recommend that individual and community capacity building, providing pathways toward prosperity, and equalization among individuals and nations that creates a more humane world might also be primary goals.