Globalization and its Effects on Higher Education Beyond the Nation-state
Author: Magrath C.P.
Source: Higher Education in Europe, Volume 25, Number 2, 1 July 2000 , pp. 251-258(8)
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Abstract:
The modern university exists and functions in an environment characterized by economic interconnectedness, political democracy, market economy, consumerism, restructuring in various domains, flat administrative structures in organizations, global ecological issues, emerging global multicultural values, and global interconnectedness via the new information technologies, particularly the Internet. Universities, which are essentially knowledge providers, can no longer function as cottage industries in such an environment. Given the ubiquity of digital and information technology, they will become more learner-centred than faculty-centred. Like business, they will have to evolve into multinational consortia and form partnerships in a number of creative ways among themselves and with various kinds of enterprises that were not traditionally linked directly to higher education. Since globalization will not disappear but will continue to predominate, the opportunities that it offers must be seized by higher education.Language: English
Document Type: Research article
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