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Internacjonalizacja usług kształcenia na poziomie wyższym – stan i oczekiwania
Internationalization of higher education services –condition and expectations

Author(s): Mirosława Pluta-Olearnik
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: internationalization; services; education; university

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the problem of development of education services at a higher level on a scale beyond the domestic market. Polish universities are increasingly looking for new opportunities of development, e.g. through activities referred to as internationalization of education. The article discusses the objectives, methods and development trends of internationalization of educational services at a higher level. In the introductory part – on the basis of a review of the literature – the author describes the specifics of the internationalization of entities operating in the service sector, paying attention to the themes, factors and forms of services internationalisation. In particular, the author shows different models of services internationalization, due to their generic characteristics. In the next part she discusses the conditions for effective internationalization of educational activity of university from the perspective of its development strategy. The article contains an assessment of the international activity of Wroclaw universities.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 355
  • Page Range: 279-288
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish