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Legitimations of Finnish education export : exploring the plurality of guiding principles (2022)

Juusola, H., & Nokkala, T. (2022). Legitimations of Finnish education export : exploring the plurality of guiding principles. European Journal of Higher Education, 12(2), 211-227. https://doi.org/10.1080/21568235.2021.1923046

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Julkaisun tiedot

Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Juusola, Henna; Nokkala, Terhi

Lehti tai sarja: European Journal of Higher Education

ISSN: 2156-8235

eISSN: 2156-8243

Julkaisuvuosi: 2022

Ilmestymispäivä: 11.05.2021

Volyymi: 12

Lehden numero: 2

Artikkelin sivunumerot: 211-227

Kustantaja: Routledge

Julkaisumaa: Britannia

Julkaisun kieli: englanti

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21568235.2021.1923046

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Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/75791

Tiivistelmä

This paper explores the legitimation of Finnish education export (EE) activities linked to higher education institutions. As a small non-English speaking country with only recent involvement in the EE market, Finland provides an underexplored context to consider the legitimation of overseas, fee-based educational services from the perspective of EE providers. In this qualitative case study comprising two Finnish EE endeavours, we draw on convention theory to argue that the legitimation of education export is based on multiple roles of such export, not just on generating revenue for the provider institution. We show that legitimations are linked to multiple guiding principles, illustrated in our data through five themes: education for the future generations, competing institutions, localisation of education activity, project-oriented activity, and Finnishness of education export. Due to the plurality of principles, the legitimation process of EE among internal and external stakeholders includes more variation than the seemingly important market-driven logic would suggest, even if this logic has been in focus of the national higher education policy over the past decade.

YSO-asiasanat: koulutusvienti; korkeakoulut; korkeakoululaitos; korkeakouluhallinto; korkeakoulupolitiikka

Vapaat asiasanat: education export; legitimation; higher education; Finnish education

Liittyvät organisaatiot

OKM-raportointi: Kyllä

Raportointivuosi: 2022

Alustava JUFO-taso: 1