The internationalization of education is a topic that receives plenty of buzz these days. Many students easily move across boarders to learn outside of their home country. Branch campuses by Western universities are popping up around the world. And Education businesses operate globally, selling educational materials and services to any school will to purchase them.

But can the phenomenon of international education exist within sites where there these practices don’t clearly exists?

My guest today is Phan Le Ha. She is a Professor in the College of Education, University of Hawai’i. Le Ha has a forthcoming book entitled Transnational Education Crossing 'the West' and 'Asia': Adjusted Desire, Transformative Mediocrity, and Neo-colonial Disguise. Today Le Ha and I discuss parts of this book, particularly related the the dominance of the English language in many Asia countries.

Le Ha will join Fazal Rizvi and Rattana Lao for a webinar on March 22 to discuss the issue of higher education in Asia. To sign up for the webinar, please visit the Globalization and Education SIG’s website.