THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF MALAYSIAN PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION: A STUDY OF ACADEMIC EXPATRIATE EXPERIENCES

Abstract

This paper demonstrates conceptualisation and interpretation of the apprehension of internationalization and its consanguinity to academic expatriates in higher education. It endows the scenario, anticipation and challenges of internationalization in Malaysian higher education. The paper entices together questions and issues in Malaysian higher education in the context of its rationale for recruiting academic expatriate. What amplify throughout the study is a critical awareness encircles policies, practices and personal views, alongside alternative perspectives on how Malaysia Public Higher Education Institutions is acknowledging to the issues and responding to the process of internationalization