The internationalization of higher education: overview and the Brazilian experience - Interview: Dra. Rossana Valéria de Souza e Silva

Abstract

In the present interview, Prof. Dr. Rossana Valéria de Souza e Silva narrates her trajectory with international cooperation management and shares experiences lived in the Internationalization of Higher Education, in almost 25 years of experience/activity. Her professional career, which coincides with a period when the implementation of the internationalization of Higher Education in Brazil was intensified, reveals the important role played in actions undertaken at national and institutional public policy levels. Finally, our interviewee highlights the challenges, changes and advances observed in international university cooperation and indicated possible paths for its increase and consolidation.