The Globalization of Education: The Next Wave William G. Tierney University Professor, Wilbur Kieffer Professor of Higher Education Director, Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis
Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) + Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC)
Coordinators: Christopher Findlay, University of Adelaide William Tierney, University of Southern California Authors: Young-Chul Kim, Korean Educational Development Institute, Philippa Dee, The Australian National University, Jane Knight, University of Toronto, Lesleyanne Hawthorne, University of Melbourne, Federico Macaranas, Asian Institute of Management, Philippines Morshidi Sirat, University Sains Malaysia, Malaysia, Rui Yang, The University of Hong Kong David Ang, National University of Singapore and Jayantee Mukherjee Saha, Bharathidasan Institute of Management Christopher Pokarier, Waseda University, Japan.
The first wave of globalization
Students across borders: Figure 1: Students on the Move Source: UNESCO Institute of Statistics
The new wave: Movement of Teachers Movement of Programs: Joint Degree Programs Distance Learning Movement of Institutions
Shift from Student Mobility to Program and Provider Mobility Shift from Tertiary “Cooperation” to “Competitive Commerce”
5 Trends in the Tertiary Sector
International Mobility Continues to Increase: 1.8 million in 2000 to 7.2 million in 2025 (Asia is 70% of the growth)
Providers and Programs are Increasingly Mobile/ Cross- border
Dramatic Increase in Private Offerings
Public Funds Diminish “Degrees of Privateness”
Public Funding Shifts
Interest in International Research Cooperation Increases
5 Challenges
Funding Research Choosing a Model for Internationalization
Quality and Institutional Rankings War for Skills Sustaining Systematic Research and Relationships
Ideas for Collaboration:
Early Career Fellows Senior Fellows Graduate Fellows APRU New Century Fellows
Possible Projects: Climate Change Poverty Access and Equity
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