THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION: AN OECD PERSPECTIVE

The article begins with some considerations on internationalization in general: its economic, political, and cultural dimensions. As world trends are favouring increased internationalization in all domains, the tendency is to take it all for granted, asking how rather than why when discussing its ramifications. Considerations with regard to the internationalization of higher education follow, it being made clear that higher education, despite its very high degree of internationalization, has not in fact been a pace setter, even though it has followed the general trend. The remainder of the article introduces a number of OECD projects linked, to a greater or lesser extent, to higher education, the role of Yugoslavia being underlined. The hope is expressed that Yugoslavia will participate in more such projects.