Transcending Borders and Traversing Boundaries

A Systematic Review of the Literature on Transnational, Offshore, Cross-Border, and Borderless Higher Education

authored by: Anna Kosmuetzky, Rahul Putty
Abstract: This article is a review of the literature concerned with transnational, offshore, cross-border, and borderless higher education, which together form a new thematic field within higher education research from the early 2000s onwards. The review places emphasis on the development of this field as well as its most cited contributions. The literature derives from the Database of Research on International Education, while the citation data comes from Google Scholar. The first section describes the growth of the field and its cognitive and institutional structure in terms of keywords, publication types, journals, and topic clusters. The second themes studied under the label of transnational higher education is discussed. Finally, future directions for research, including methodological issues and substantive concerns, are addressed.
External Organisation(s): University of Kassel
Type: Article
Journal: Journal of Studies in International Education
Volume: 20
Pages: 8-33
No. of pages: 26
ISSN: 1028-3153
Publication date: 02.2016
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Education
Sustainable Development Goals: SDG 4 - Quality Education
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1177/1028315315604719 (Access: Closed)