Open AccessGlobalization and Forces for Change in Higher Education
Author(s) -
Philip G. Altbach
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2372-4501
pISSN - 1084-0613
DOI - 10.6017/ihe.2008.50.7997
Subject(s) - globalization , dominance (genetics) , higher education , technological change , quality (philosophy) , political science , key (lock) , development economics , economic geography , sociology , economic growth , economics , law , ecology , biochemistry , chemistry , philosophy , macroeconomics , epistemology , biology , gene
For higher education, globalization implies the broad social, economic, and technological forces that shape the realities of the 21st century. Massification is without question the most ubiquitous global influence of the past half century or more. It brought themes regarding, public and private good, access, differentiation, and varied funding patterns, and declining of quality and conditions of study. The growth of information technology (IT) and the increasing dominance of English as the key language of communicating academic knowledge are also key elements of globalization.