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There is no question that the multi-faceted process of globalization has transformed the higher education landscape in the last three decades. The more globalized and inter-connected world in which individuals live has stimulated higher education institutions, organizations and national governments to pay more attention to academic relations and opportunities with partners close by and far away.

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Knight, J., Woldegiorgis, E.T. (2017). Introduction. In: Knight, J., Woldegiorgis, E.T. (eds) Regionalization of African Higher Education. African Higher Education: Developments and Perspectives. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-956-0_1

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