Internationalizing Research in Kazakhstan Higher Education: A Case Study of Kazakhstan’s State Program of Industrial Innovative Development 2015 to 2019

Abstract

This article describes the nature and impact of a major recent education policy aimed to transform higher education in Kazakhstan, the State Program of Industrial Innovative Development 2015 to 2019 (SPIID-2). This inquiry sought to understand and describe the role of internationalization of higher education in SPIID-2, and more specifically its role for developing university research. Kazakhstan’s industrial innovative development program promotes university–industry collaboration and universities’ international partnerships to enhance the role of the university in the economic development of the country, consistent with the imperatives and opportunities of the knowledge-based economy. The role of internationalization, particularly, involving international partner institutions, in this policy, contributes to quality assurance and informed decision making. Findings are based on content analysis of policy texts and interviews with university representatives.

Stimulation of entrepreneurs' innovative activity: evidence from Kazakhstan

“…Only a small part of the measures is focused on a dynamic development of existing and creation of new businesses, and their effectiveness is largely limited by the administration quality. We agree with the study (Jumakulov et al, 2019) that the vast majority of functioning, resource-rich incentive tools is addressed to traditional areas. However, in our opinion, changing business perceptions of technological modernization increases the relevance of developing new, "smart" mechanisms for stimulating innovation, which are proactively adaptable to changing corporate demand for technology.…”

“…In this context, notable publications such as (Onyusheva, 2017), (Smirnova, 2016), (Tumalavičius et al, 2017), (Ivanov et al, 2012), (Caurkubule et al, 2020), (Chehabeddine, Tvaronavičienė, 2020), (Vigliarolo, 2020) are to be singled out. There are even fewer works that would systematically examine the impact of public policy on the behavior of business entities at the micro level (Jumakulov et al, 2019), (Musaripov et al, 2019), (Kurmanov et al, 2019), (Popova et al, 2019), (Pukala & Petrova, 2019), (Lazarova et al, 2015), (Yankovyi et al, 2019), (Zbierowski, 2017), (Zahars & Stivrenieks, 2018), (Pachura, 2015), (Lincényi, Čársky, 2020).…”

Winds of change? Academics’ views on the introduction of quality management in Kazakhstan

“…The common trends in domestic research studies are the study of university–industry collaboration (Jumakulov et al , 2019), the assessment of graduates’ readiness for and compliance with the demands of employers (Sultanova et al , 2017). Some papers discuss mechanisms to improve quality management activities in higher education in the context of external quality assessment in compliance with international standards, the development of national quality assurance systems and quality assessment indicators (Kashuk, 2007; Suleimenova, 2009).…”

The Economics of International Student and Scholar Mobility: Directions for Research

“…The 1999 Bologna Declaration (Capuano and Migali, 2017) aims to create a Europe of Knowledge through connectivity among the countries of the EU (Wedlin, 2016; Chou and Gomitzka, 2014;Georghoiu, 1998). Kazakhstan began to internationalize its research programs in 2015 (Jumakulov et al, 2019). Introduction of new research evaluation policies in most of the Eastern European countries was followed by a substantial growth in their scientific productivity (Pajic, 2015).…”