work-in-progress: public policy and international market of higher education: the case of france...

Darya LoyolaEcole doctorale Georges Vedel

Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas

Public policy and international market

of higher education:

the case of France and China (work in progress)

Author: Darya Loyola [email protected]

PhD candidate at University Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas,

Scientific supervisor Jennifer Merchant

Ireland International Conference on Education, 15 – 17 April 2013 (IICE-2013)



Table of contents:

1) Problem statement a) main issuesb) opinions

2) Methodology a) methods

b) results




Higher education system and culture

Public policy

International Market of Higher EducationInternationalisation and the policy of attractiveness

+Concurrence between universities

+

Domination of « ideal model » of highly-ranked American and British institutions

Problem statement




China and France:• wish to be active parts of the process of HE

internationalisation• modify their HE system• do not belong to Anglo-American model of HE

Questions:Do the modify their systems pursuing the politics of

attractiveness inspired by the sucess Anglo-American model on the international market of HE?

And what are the results of this policy?

Problem statement




French and Chinese HE Policy results:

• Decrease of the role of the state• Increase of the private fundings• Highly selective university system

= HE system culture change

Problem statement




Opinions related to subjet

• International market pluralism (S.Marginson, 2004, 2013)

• Americanisation of Chinese HE (Yang, 2000; Cai 2012)

• Capitalisation of French HE (C. Musselin, 2008; C. Charles, 2013)

Problem statement




France1999 construction of the European Higher Education

Area (Bologne process)2007 CampusFrance

2007 Law Liberties and Responsibilities of Universities

China1995 education reform, project 2111998 education reform, project 985

2008 - “Chinese Government Scholarships — University

Postgraduate Study Programme” 2009 – creation of C9 league

Problem statement

Very active participants of HE internationalisation

Reform their HE systems and import structural modifications which contradics HE

culture and traditions




1. Empirical research

1990s – 2010s:- Reforms (laws, decrees),

- Initiatives on national and international level,- Innovations,

- Activities of related to HE gouvernmental and non-gouvernemental organisations,

- Students mobility,- International cooperations,

- Market positions,- Market instruments (rankings), trends,

- International HE events

= Evolution of HE systems in national and international context

Methodology




1. Empirical research

Sources:National legislation,

UNESCO, OECD;

European Commission reports,Ministries of Education,

Ministries of Foreign Affairs,Other governmental and non-governmental organisations

data

Methodology




2. Field research

Aim: examine the strategies of the institutions and the evolution of their offers

Where: in the HE institutions

How : interviews with institutions international strategy decision-makers, local actors of HE internationalization process

Methodology




2. Field research

Result: information about the strategy and practices of the institutions for the last 20 years to

1) state their orientations, those changes they have experienced, they implement, and they are intended to pursue (evolution of the institution, its strategy, its programs)

2) local concepts of international market of higher education, of the internationalization strategies and the evolution of the institutions

and its offers.

Methodology




2. Field research (choice of institutions)

3 examples for France:

1) Academies of Paris, Créteil et Versaille = more than 32% foreign students of France

2) Academy of Nice – 18,2% of student popolation are foreign students (average in France 12,6%)

3) Academy of Clermont-Ferrand - highest increase of the number of foreign students between 2005 and 2009 (32.6%)

Methodology




Research results:

Reveal the orientations of national and local HE decision-makers based on the trends on the international market of higher education;

Modification of the national systems inspired by internationally recognised excellence of Anglo-American model

Conclusion


Thank you !

If you have any questions, please write me:[email protected]
