Globalization and Education: Introduction

Global Higher Education: Development and Implications

“…Second, governments are increasing pressure on universities to demonstrate the value of their degrees in short-term, quantitative and market-related measures (Naidoo, 2007). Most universities are now forced to adopt a unique form of corporate restructuring creating a corrosive influence for commoditizing education related to the standardization of degree production in institutions asked to make a profit from large numbers of student-consumers (Ball, Dworkin, & Vryonides, 2010). In a time when ecological, social, cultural and economic challenges require innovative solutions and new concepts, higher education must deliver both creativity for sustainability and resilience for accountability (Balan, 2015).…”

“…This type of qualitative outcome is difficult to measure (Broadbent, 2007). However, the movement or trade in goods and services, including educational services, across international borders is viewed as the crucial economic outcome of globalization (Ball, Dworkin, & Vryonides, 2010;Khan, 2015). Important international decision makers, policy-makers and politicians consider higher education to be a tradable commodity as well as a social service and often a privilege (Tomasevski, 2005(Tomasevski, , 2006.…”

“…Globalization tends to be something beyond any institution's control-the flow of technology, economy, knowledge, people, values, and ideas across borders (Altbach, 2015;Altbach & Reisberg, 2015;Ball, Dworkin, & Vryonides, 2010). Globalization, a key reality in the 21st century, has already profoundly influenced higher education (Zhu, 2015).…”

“…In financial terms, this has become an unsustainable model, placing pressure on systems to fundamentally restructure the "social contract" between higher education and society at large. Parents and/or students are increasingly responsible for tuition and other fees (Ball, Dworkin, & Vryonides, 2010). Tuition fees are emerging even in Europe, long the bastion of free public higher education (DiGioacchino & Sabani, 2009).…”

Teaching Character Education to Primary School Students through Javanese Ethnolinguistics

“…Globalization is rightly described as a phenomenon characterized by the separation of time and space and their stretching beyond any boundaries, whereby the immediate surroundings are shaped by the distant happenings and vice versa [1][2] [3]. In globalization age, there is an increasing of interconnection and interdependence among people across the globe through various forms of activities, such as trading, traveling, investment, popular culture and other form of interactions that lead to the narrowness of the geographic, economic and cultural boundaries of a country [4][5] [6] [7].…”