Cartographic Insights from the Institutional Internationalization Program (Print) in the Context of Brazilian Federal Education Institutions
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https://doi.org/10.23925/2178-0080.2025v27i3.66884Keywords:
higher education, university, education, formation, curriculumAbstract
This research aims to analyze the institutional aspects of the internationalization of Brazilian Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) linked to the Capes-PrInt Program. For this purpose, 15 out of 36 HEIs were selected, considering access to the plans via the institutional website. Using the Iramuteq software, a lexical analysis of the documentary corpus was performed. The generated clusters discuss topics related to Organizational Aspects (Language, Partnership, Exchange, Support); Institutional Aspects (Protagonisms, Attraction, Processes, and Procedures); and Political Aspects (Concept and Innovation). It is observed that normative innovation configures representations associated with traditional internationalization, centered on language, mobility, and international partnership. Future research may expand the understanding of organizing the institutionality of international processes in attention to sociocultural dynamics.
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