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Global Trends in Higher Education
A presentation to the
Association of Pacific Rim Universities
March 10, 2006
Gordon W. Earle
What is globalization of higher education?
• Greater international content in teaching a research
• Increasing international collaboration• Growing trend in online learning• Greater student representation and
exchanges• Expanding reach through sophisticated
communications
Yale President Rick Levin
• Asian travels (2003-05)– University of Tokyo – Fudan University – Mumbai, India– University President’s Forum – Peking University
Harvard President Larry Summers
• 2005 Commencement Address:– “I want to address what I think is perhaps
the defining development of our time….I refer to the growing integration between the developing world and the developed world, and the rising importance of the developing world in shaping human history.”
College News Services
• Yale Bulletin & Calendar– “Summer Program Will Send Students to
Singapore”– “Grant Will Promote Yale-India Environmental
Ties”– “Yale Acts To Divest In Response To Darfur
Genocide”
• Duke University News & Communications– “Duke Agrees To Reduce The Number Of
Factories Producing Duke Merchandise”
Major Conferences
• Institute of International Education– Seminar Title
• “Lead Your Campus To The Top: Best Practices In Internationalizing The Campus”
– Seminar Topics• “Making ‘International’ Part Of Your Mission”• “Building International Partnerships”• “Broadening Participation In Study Abroad
Teaching, Research & Collaboration
Teaching, Research & Collaboration
Teaching, Research & Collaboration
Teaching, Research & Collaboration
Online Learning
Students & Scholars
Worrisome Trends
• Travel restrictions• Leveling off of overall international student
enrollments• Failure of some programs/All Learn• Concerns about the “value” of higher
education• Fears about globalization and
internationalization…recurring isolationism
Positive Signs
• Association of International Educators Survey– 90% believe it is “important” or “very important” to
prepare future generations for a global society– 92% agree that knowledge of other languages will
give future generations a competitive advantage in career opportunities
– 77% feel it is important for future generations to participate in study abroad programs in college
– 86% believe it is important for their children or grandchildren to attend a college where they can interact with students from other countries
Communications
Communications
Communications
Communications
Communications
Communications
Communications
Communications
Communications
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Communications
Communications
Communications
Communications
Communications
Summary
• Colleges and universities are powerful vehicles for solving global problems and advancing the human race
• The most successful programs will:– be interdisciplinary– include substantial international content and
collaboration– encourage student exchanges to prepare the next
generation of leaders– have a “solutions” focus to global problems
Summary
• Successful globalization will take both private and public money -- and lots of it
• Communications will be critically important in delivering the message
• Online learning will play an increasingly important role
• Asia represents a major opportunity for U.S. colleges and universities