The Globalization of Higher Education

by Weber, Luc E.; Duderstadt, James J.

• ISBN13: 9782717855074
• ISBN10: 2717855076
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-03-01
• Publisher: Economica Ltd

Summary

The Glion VI Colloquium departed from its customary transatlantic dialogue by broadening participation, including university leaders from around the world representing 18 nations and five continents, to consider the globalization of higher education. The emergence of a global, knowledge-driven economy is driven by a radically new system for creating wealth that depends upon the creation and application of new knowledge and hence upon advanced education, research, innovation and entrepreneurial activities. Both mature and developing nations are making major investments in building the knowledge infrastructure - schools, universities, research institutes, high-tech industry, cyberinfrastructure, public policies and programmes - necessary to achieve prosperity and security in the knowledge economy. In parallel with these trends, there is a strong sense that higher education is also in the early stages of globalization, both through the increasing mobility of students and faculty, and the rapid growth in international partnerships among universities. Some even conjecture that we will soon see the emergence of truly global universities, which not only intend to compete in the global marketplace for students, faculty and resources, but also are increasingly willing to define their public purpose in terms of global needs such as public health, political, economic and environmental sustainability, and international development.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Contributors and Participants	p. xv
The Context	p. 1
Globalization: What does it Mean for Higher Education?	p. 3
Reinvigorating Universities in an Entrepreneurial Age	p. 15
Partnering on a Global Scale	p. 27
Global Strategies for Established Universities	p. 43
Developed Universities and the Developing World: Opportunities and Obligations	p. 45
The Challenge to European Universities in the Emerging Global Marketplace	p. 55
Comprehensive Universities in Continental Europe: Falling Behind?	p. 65
The Engagement of Australian Universities with Globalization	p. 77
Japanese University Reform seen through Bureaucratic Reform and Changes in Patterns of Scientific collaboration	p. 93
Russian Universities in the Global World	p. 107
Global Strategies for Emerging Universities and University Systems	p. 117
Response of Chinese Higher Education and SJTU to Globalization: An Overview	p. 119
Building Singapore's University Education System in a Globalized World: Issues, Policies and Challenges	p. 129
Globalization of Research Universities in Korea	p. 141
Science and Technology in Brazil	p. 151
Shifting Paradigms for Global Competition and Cooperation	p. 165
Global Success: Real World Research 'Meets' Global Practitioners	p. 167
Universities as Content Providers	p. 175
The Organizational Challenge for European Universities Facing Globalization	p. 183
Higher Education in the 21st century: Global Imperatives, Regional Challenges, National Responsibilities and Emerging Opportunities	p. 195
An Open University for the 21st century	p. 207
The Emerging Meta University	p. 217
Universities in and of The World	p. 227
The Responsibility of Universities to promote a sustainable society	p. 229
Doing Good by Doing Little? University Responsibility in a Violent Setting	p. 245
Has our Reach Exceeded our Grasp? Taking a Second Look at Higher Education as a Global Enterprise	p. 251
Globalization, Public Policies and Higher Education	p. 259
Summary	p. 271
The Globalization of Higher Education	p. 273
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