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Title: Globalization: The Challenges and the Opportunities for Higher Education


1
Globalization The Challenges and the
Opportunities for Higher Education
  • Prof. Phillip L. Clay
  • At
  • The University of Arizona
  • April 23, 2009

2
Goals for the Presentation
  • Globalization and its meaning
  • The current state of play in higher education
  • Stakeholders and their interests
  • Ways forward
  • Lessons, Cautions and Best Practice
  • Discussion

3
What is New?
  • The world is flat.
  • Labor Forces are global..
  • Major Problems are global.
  • Capital and other resources are global.
  • Cultural Competence is more urgent.
  • Knowledge drives national development strategies.
  • Young people embrace this new world order.

4
The Current State of Play in Higher Education
  • No strategic plan
  • Little use of international communities on
    campuses
  • Disjointed initiatives
  • Limited Models for educational engagement
  • Little engagement with industry
  • Limited resources to explore or invest in
    international initiative -- more reactive and
    opportunistic
  • Little infrastructure to support international
    activities

5
The Strategic Interests of Universities
  • Educating the next generation of leaders
  • Exploring great puzzles
  • Contributing to the solutions of problems facing
    the world
  • Serving the Nation and World

6
Who are the key stakeholders and what is new?
  • Universities and research institutions
  • National Governments
  • Global Corporations
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Problem-Oriented NGOs, international agencies,
    and foundations
  • Alumni

7
In the Background
  • Americas place in the world
  • The growing gap between rich and poor
  • The growing interest in research and development
    as levers of national development
  • Struggle for who defines the future
  • Emerging centers of non-state centers of power
  • A generation of young people committed to service
  • Conflict between old and new orders, practical
    and ideal policies, and between private and
    public.

8
The University What is at Stake
  • Position in competition for talent (students and
    faculty)
  • Resources
  • Credibility with potential partners
  • Ability to assist the state and region in framing
    its global role
  • Standing in global rankings

9
Alternatives for Institutional Engagement
  • Research collaboration
  • Infrastructure support for faculty projects
  • Program and institutional development
  • Study Abroad and Internships
  • Satellite campus
  • Satellite research facilities
  • Industrial research, including with U.S. global
    companies
  • Work with NGOs and foundations

10
Faculty What is at Stake?
  • Chance to work on really important problems
    (including some not available in the U.S.)
  • Access to new resources
  • Academic freedom and related protections
  • Relationships with new partners
  • Active membership in scholarly communities that
    are now global
  • Higher scholarly profile and impact

11
Students What is at Stake?
  • A broader education for a global workforce and
    global citizenship
  • Cultural competency
  • A chance to learn--first hand--about the world
    and global interdependence
  • A chance to work with faculty and others on great
    problems and questions
  • A chance to serve

12
A few lessons. . .
  • Develop goals and a strategic direction
  • Determine who owns what
  • Plan on building relationships, not just doing
    transactions
  • Manage expectations
  • Leverage existing strengths
  • Build faculty support
  • Allocate resources and infrastructure
  • Ongoing monitoring and periodic assessment

13
Best Practices
  • Identify, acquire and organize global expertise
  • Develop a vision and plan that frames global
    interests and connects it to larger vision of the
    university
  • Establish model(s) for global education
  • Commit senior leadership to key roles
  • Develop infrastructure and identify resources to
    support initiatives
  • Engage international students, faculty, and
    alumni as resources
  • Build campus and community support

14
Not everybody is excited
  • Political objections
  • Cultural and values objections
  • Physical danger
  • Faculty distraction
  • Unreasonable expectations
  • Industrial or other influence over research
  • Divisions among faculty and diverse interests

15
The University as Public Servant
  • States are wrestling with their place in the
    national and global order
  • Universities can (should) play a role in shaping
    alternatives and active partnerships.
  • True engagement requires a plan and investment
  • Industrial engagement

16
ConclusionWhere Do We Go From Here?
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