Internationalization as a strategic factor in the development of education and science in the Republic of Kazakhstan in the environment of socio-economic globalization

Abstract

This has been a collaborative research project involving researchers at Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education and the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education. The principal investigators were Aida Sagintayeva (NUGSE) and Laura Perna (Penn GSE). The goal of the research project was to explore the role of strategies for internationalizing higher education in developing a nation’s human capital. The research team identified and categorized higher education internationalization strategies adopted by nations across the globe and studied in-depth the factors influencing participation in and the benefits of the international student exchange programs sponsored by the Republic of Kazakhstan.