Internationalization of higher learning: the conception of the international network of salesian university institutions [IUS]

Abstract

The article in hand analyses how the Salesian University Institutions Network conceives the internationalization of higher learning and what strategies are being adopted for putting them into practice. It also analyses the options adopted together with the multilateral organisms and chose of the geo-economic blocks for the internationalization of higher learning, indicating the differentiating and coinciding aspects they present and their repercussions for the Salesian University Institutions. The research was carried out based on documental sources and on literature from the field. It has been concluded that the process of internationalization can influence or not the process of affirmation of the identity of the IUS.