Review: Cultural Review: Cultural Globalization at the Globalization at the Organizational LevelOrganizational Level Schools and universities are main Schools and universities are main

organizational carriers of Modern organizational carriers of Modern world cultureworld culture

Schools are compulsory and pervasiveSchools are compulsory and pervasive

Their guiding premises are Their guiding premises are rationalized, individualized, and rationalized, individualized, and universalized (Modern!)universalized (Modern!)

Review: Cultural Review: Cultural Globalization at the Globalization at the Organizational LevelOrganizational Level Schools deliver standardized depictions of Schools deliver standardized depictions of

the universe: the universe: – nature (natural sciences)nature (natural sciences)– culture (the humanities)culture (the humanities)– society (the social sciences)society (the social sciences)

The humanities are less consistent with our The humanities are less consistent with our Modern global culture (rationalized, Modern global culture (rationalized, individualized, and universalized) than the individualized, and universalized) than the social sciences and are therefore retreatingsocial sciences and are therefore retreating

Cultural Globalization at Cultural Globalization at the Country Levelthe Country Level

1. Material culture 1. Material culture – products/forms– products/forms– Flags, currency, Flags, currency,

birdsbirds– Not crowns or coats Not crowns or coats

of armsof arms

http://www.triviaplaza.com/world-flags-1-quiz/http://www.triviaplaza.com/world-flags-1-quiz/http://www.camacdonald.com/birding/http://www.camacdonald.com/birding/

CountryIndex.htmCountryIndex.htm

Cultural Globalization at Cultural Globalization at the Country Levelthe Country Level 2. Ideal culture – values/norms2. Ideal culture – values/norms

– Self determinationSelf determination– Political participation (e.g., voter Political participation (e.g., voter

turnout)turnout)

http://www.idea.int/vt/survey/voter_turnout_pop2-http://www.idea.int/vt/survey/voter_turnout_pop2-2.cfm2.cfm

Cultural Globalization at Cultural Globalization at the Country Levelthe Country Level

3. Ideal culture – 3. Ideal culture – definitions/assumptionsdefinitions/assumptions– Fundamental equality of nationsFundamental equality of nations

History in Universities WorldwideHistory in Universities Worldwide   1895-19191895-1919 1970-1970-9494

EnglandEngland 1414 22U.S.U.S. 33 22