Due to its complexity and constant evolution in response to the challenges of humanity, the Internationalization of Higher Education requires continuous efforts regarding three pillars that ensure a consistent and sustainable approach to the topic. Each one has a specific target audience, such as HEI administrators, governments, cooperation organizations, community of inclusion of the universities, among others. Mindful of the need to deepen its work around this tripod, Ciebraus organizes the material produced by it and by partners according to these aspects, which give rise to the following axes of action, described below.
Research and learning methodologiesHow to translate concepts into effective practices in the classroom and in research and knowledge produced by the universities? This axis focuses on curricular issues, learning assessment, and teaching practices, encompassing research, success stories, methodologies, and best practices in the internationalization of higher education.
Public policiesThis axis deals with strategies and instruments for promoting, structuring, and coordinating the internationalization process across universities. It includes discussions on quality regulation in Higher Education through assessment mechanisms and other instruments that lead to internationalization aimed at promoting quality higher education for all students. It is important to emphasize the absence of a structured national policy for promoting internationalization in Brazil, which is crucial for the progress of the other two axes in a more system way in the country’s higher education system. Therefore, it represents an axis with great potential for disseminating and organizing the internationalization process in tertiary education as a whole.
Management of Higher Education InstitutionsEach HEI is a complex world in itself. Achieving internationalization requires internal management, planning and constant dialogue with all university agents and the community. Here, the focus is on how to structure the university itself, in models and management tools that allow to include internationalization as a vector of its institutional policies.