Jane KNIGHT


Jane Knight brings both a researcher's and practitioner's perspective to the internationalization of higher education. Dr. Knight is currently a visiting professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. Formerly she was Head of International Affairs in the Office of the President at Ryerson University. Prior work experiences with the Education Planning and Policy Unit of UNESCO, Paris and with a development NGO in India, plus her involvement in many Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) supported projects, help bring international policy and developing country perspectives to the study of international education.

Dr. Knight has produced many publications on the international dimension of higher education . In Canada, she has prepared several national reports such as «Progress and Promise: The 2000 AUCC Report on Internationalization at Canadian Universities»; and for the Canadian Bureau for International Education «A Time of Turmoil and Transformation for Internationalization» 1999 and « Taking the Pulse: Monitoring the Quality and Progress of Internationalization» 2001. On the international front, she has been involved with projects with the IMHE/OECD resulting in two publications «Quality and Internationalization in Higher Education» (1999) and «Internationalization of higher education in Asia Pacific countries (1997). Jane Knight is a member of the Research Advisory Committee of CBIE and the Editorial Board of 'Journal of Studies in International Education'. She also serves as an evaluator/expert for the Internationalization Quality Reviews of higher education institutions undertaken by the European University Association in conjunction with IMHE and ACA. Her current report for the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) focuses on the impact of trade liberalization on higher education policy, specifically the General Agreement on Trades in Services (GATS).