The Globalization of Education: The Next Wave

William G. TierneyUniversity Professor,

Wilbur Kieffer Professor of Higher EducationDirector,

Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis

http:/www.usc.edu/dept/chepa/

Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU)+Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC)

Coordinators:

Christopher Findlay, University of AdelaideWilliam 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, PhilippinesMorshidi 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

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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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