Monash University, Clayton VIC 3168, Australia. Anthony Pollock is general manager of Monash International Pty Ltd., a wholly owned company of Monash University.
Transnational education is an important aspect of international education.
1 Transnational education is attractive to students wishing to gain a qualification granted by a foreign institution but who may be unable or unwilling to study outside their country of residence due to work, family commitments, financial, or other reasons. As a method of human resource development, it can appeal to employers and governments on financial grounds. It also appeals to education providers keen to expand their export market. We describe below six different ways in which education is delivered transnationally. While we refer to campuses and institutions, the provider could just as easily be a corporation, or a virtual university.