แนวทางการบริหารจัดการหลักสูตรนานาชาติของมหาวิทยาลัยเอกชนไทย

Abstract

This qualitative research aimed to study international programs management in higher education in Thailand and to study the effective guidelines for Thai private universities in managing international programs. The documents on international programs management within universities were collected. Moreover, in-depth interviews among nine experts in managing private universities, private university administrators, and scholars teaching in private universities were conducted. After that, the content analysis was employed. It was found that there were four major patterns of managing international programs within Thai universities. Each pattern consisted of six main elements and six program management conditions. The guidelines for private universities in managing international programs were supposed to give precedence to five programs management which were academic management, general management, research management, finance management, and human resource management. Additionally, there were suggestions for private university administrators where in charge of international programs management in that they were supposed to consider and employ the guidelines gained from this research in order to promote the efficiency of their management.