Globalisation and Higher Education

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Globalisation and Higher Education

• Mutants and Students
• James Cemmell jamespearl_at_hotmail.com

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What is globalisation?

• Mutations of space
• Spread of western culture and values
• Increased international trade
• Dominance of economics (Washington Consensus set)
  over social sciences
• Not all changes of globalisation are new

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Why is it happening?

• Lower transport costs
• Lower international telephone costs
• Rise of internet
• International labour market and businesses- need
  for simple recognition procedures

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Changes in higher education

• Higher education institutions acting like
  businesses
• Massification in some countries
• Emerging market for higher education
• Trends to increase competition between providers
  for revenue streams
• Other market responses

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Funding crisis solutions

• Pressure to innovate and diversify
• Tuition fees/ user charges
• MBA courses
• Competition for international students
• Private research more common
• Transnational education (TNE)

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Other market responses

• From courses to modules
• More flexible curriculum
• Quality control techniques from business entering
  education sector
• Need for continual education for the labour
  market (life long learning)

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Policy changes and spaces

• TRIPS agreement- easier to privatise new
  knowledge
• Free trade agreements- inclusion of recognition
  of qualifications for labour market (GATS
  etcetera)
• National government policy in line with global
  trends

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Conclusions

• World is changing in a process we call
  globalisation
• Universities are affected and affecting this
  process
• Higher education policy changes should be viewed
  in this context
• The future is for the mutents!