Globalization of Higher Education

2012 ◽  
pp. 229-246
Author(s):  
Suresh K. Chauhan ◽  
Silima Nanda ◽  
Jagdish Arora
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The World ◽  
Indian Higher Education ◽  
The Government ◽  
Self Learning

India has one of the largest and most complex higher educational systems in the world. Prior to a few decades ago, due to multifarious reasons, India was unable to attract a good number of foreign students in its universities. Keeping this in mind, the Government of India has taken various steps and launched a few ambitious programmes like the Pan-Africa project, UGC-Infonet, and the E-Journals Consortium. All these efforts have contributed to establishing the Indian higher education system as one of the best in the world. Now, Indian universities and other institutes are open to the global market and hope to attract foreign students. The establishment of the distance learning university, Indira Gandhi National Open University, has immensely helped in attracting a large number of international students and it has also brought remarkable changes in the field of self-learning and distance education. This chapter discusses the global shift toward transnational distance learning and India’s role in this transition.

scholarly journals Impact of Globalization on Higher Education in India: Issues, Challenges and Alternatives

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Shailendra Singh
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Strong Base ◽  
Career Colleges ◽  
The World ◽  
Collegiate Level ◽  
The Government ◽  
Good Number

Globalization is an umbrella term that refers to increasing global connectivity, integration and interdependence in the economic, social, technological, cultural, political, and ecological spheres. It is a unitary process inclusive of many such sub-processes, perhaps as best understood as enhanced economic interdependence, increased cultural influence, rapid advances of information technology, and novel governance and geopolitical challenges. Higher education includes certain collegiate level institutions, such as vocational schools, trade schools, and career colleges that award degrees, diplomas and certificates. Globalization of higher education has brought remarkable changes in cross-border education. Attracting a good number of international students has been fairly a strong base of educational trade that is growing rapidly around the world. India has one of the largest and most complex higher educational systems in the world. Prior to a few decades ago, due to multifarious reasons, India was unable to attract a good number of foreign students in its universities. Keeping this in mind, the Government of India has taken various steps and launched a few ambitious programmes. Now, Indian universities and other institutes are open to the global market and hope to attract foreign students. This paper examine different aspect of globalization which can usefully be viewed as challenges to higher education especially in its efforts to develop diverse ideas and demonstration of quality and systems of quality guarantee that will be useful and sustainable in this situation.

Accreditation and ranking of higher education institutions (HEIs): review, observations and recommendations for the Indian higher education system

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerald Ozee Fernandes ◽  
Balgopal Singh
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Academic Quality ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Global Ranking ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The World ◽  
Indian Higher Education

PurposeThe higher education system has been entrusted globally to provide quality education, especially to the youth, and equip them with required skills and capabilities. The visionaries and policymakers of the countries around the world have been working relentlessly to improve the standard of the higher education system by establishing national and global accreditation and ranking bodies and expecting measuring performance through setting up accreditation and ranking parameters. This paper focuses on the review of Indian university accreditation and ranking system and determining its efficacy in improving academic quality for achieving good position in global quality accreditation and ranking.Design/methodology/approachThe study employed exploratory research approach to know about the accreditation and ranking issues of Indian higher education institutions to overcome the challenges for being globally competitive. The accreditation and ranking parameters and score of leading Indian universities was collected from secondary data sources. Similarly, the global ranking parameters and scores of these Indian universities with top global universities was explored. The performance gaps of Indian university in global academic quality parameter is assessed by comparing it with scores of global top universities. Further, each domestic and global accreditation and ranking parameters have been taken up for discussion.FindingsThe study identified teaching and learning, research and industry collaboration as common parameter in the accreditation and ranking by Indian and global accreditation and ranking body. Furthermore, the study revealed that Indian accreditation and ranking body assess leniently on parameters and award high scores as compared to rigorous global accreditation and ranking practice. The study revealed that “research” and “citations” are important parameters for securing prestigious position in global ranking, this is the reason Indian universities are trailing. The study exposed that Indian academic fraternity lack prominence in research, publication and citations as per need of global accreditation and ranking standards.Research limitations/implicationsThe limitation of this study is that it focused only on few Indian and global accreditation and ranking bodies. The future implication of this study will be the use of methodology designed in this study for comparing accreditation and ranking bodies’ parameters of different continents and countries in different economic development stages i.e. emerging and developed economies to know the disparity and shortcomings in their higher education system.Practical implicationsThe article is a review and comparison of national and global accreditation and ranking parameters. The article explored the important criteria and key indicators of accreditation and ranking that would provide an important and meaningful insight to academic institutions of the emerging economies of the world to develop its competitiveness. The study contributed to the literature on identifying benchmark for improving academic and higher education institution quality. This study would be further helpful in fostering new ideas toward setting up of contemporary globally viable and acceptable academic quality standard.Originality/valueThis is possibly the first study conducted with novel methodology of comparing the Indian and global accreditation and ranking parameters to identify the academic quality performance gap and suggesting ways to attain academic benchmark through continuous improvement activity and process for global competitiveness.

scholarly journals Internationalization of higher education system in Republic of Kazakhstan: problems, trends, solutions

2021 ◽  
Vol 102 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-127
Author(s):  
G. Akbayeva ◽  
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N. Ramashov ◽  
A. Ramashova ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Internationalization Of Higher Education ◽  
Global Integration ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
The World ◽  
Internationalization Of Education

In this article the authors investigated the transformation and integration of the higher education system of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as a new approach to solving the problems of education in the world practice caused the need for a radical revision of organizational, structural, ideological aspects, updating the content of education, increasing the quality requirements for training specialists in accordance with the current stage of development of Kazakhstan society and global integration processes in the world educational space. In this regard, the article also analyzes the actualization and the problem of professional training of foreign students in the main areas of higher education: the solutions to such problems as the internationalization of education and the coordination of the activities of the legislative and executive bodies of states in the field of education, and the possibility of organizing a unified system of continuing education and improving the quality of education at all its levels were considered. The authors determined the genesis of the development of professional training of foreign students in higher education institutions of Kazakhstan, motivated by the dependence of education on the needs of society, its economy and national and cultural characteristics; as well as the dependence of the choice of the country of study on the “intellectuality” of the environment, and also made a forecast of the prospects for the development of professional training of foreign students and the internationalization of higher education in general.

scholarly journals HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY: AMBITIONS AND GOALS

2021 ◽  
pp. 118-124
Author(s):  
V.S. Akimova ◽  
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S.S. Atlasova ◽  
K.E. Ershova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Diffi Cult ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Government ◽  
The University

Japan is a developing country but is getting diffi cult to hold in leadership 21st century. The domestic lack of raw materials fosters the government to count on competitive power of science and the higher education system. Japanese system of higher education must become demanded in the world. The history of Hokkaido University, the oldest institution in the country and is being modernized at present, is reviewed. It is noted that various mid-term and long-term measures have been developed and implemented. The university partakes in diff erent activities to raise the university international rating.

scholarly journals Export of education: comparative analysis of Russian and Turkish practices in the post-soviet space

2020 ◽  
pp. 484-506
Author(s):  
Tamara S. Nemchinova ◽  
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Anton A. Muzalev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Quality Criterion ◽  
The United States ◽  
World Market ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The World ◽  
Important Quality ◽  
Soviet Space

The article assesses the export potential of Russian and Turkish universities. The influx of foreign citizens to study at universities is the most important quality criterion for the country’s higher education system. It is also an indicator of the country’s integration into the world community and a major export item. The leaders in the number of students from other countries have traditionally been the United States, Great Britain, France, the USSR, and Germany. At the turn of XX — XXI centuries. a significant increase in foreign students is observed in Australia, Japan, China. Other countries are also taking steps to improve the national higher education system and, accordingly, increase the number of foreign students. But attempts to penetrate the world market of educational services are significantly complicated, the market is already thoroughly divided, and the states that have long been entrenched in it are not going to allow new players to enter it. This process is also taking place in Turkey, which is one of the fastest growing economies in the world.

scholarly journals FEATURES OF DISTANCE LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE CONVENTION OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

2021 ◽  
Vol I (81) ◽  
pp. 129-144
Author(s):  
Konon Bagrii ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Education System ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Educational Services ◽  
Technical Equipment ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Critical Situation ◽  
The World

Today, the system of higher education around the world continues to take measures to effectively organize educational activities in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. All METHODS OF TEACHING AT HIGHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS Issue I (81), 2021 131 countries of the world had to face unexpected difficulties in connection with the introduction of self-isolation. The higher education system was "on the front lines" with a large number of people. The closure of higher education institutions and the emergency transition to distance learning have led to obvious problems, mainly due to insufficient technical equipment, lack or poor preparation of both teachers and students to work in the new environment. These and other problems pose another challenge to the higher education system in a critical situation. At the same time, along with the obvious challenges and problems, the new format of distance learning provides a wide range of opportunities and prospects for change and improvement of educational systems, for which the critical situation creates forced conditions. The article substantiates the importance of effective distance learning in higher education in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and outlines the main problems of the individual in the relationship "teacher-student" in quarantine. The current stage of informatization of society cannot be imagined without the introduction of information and communication technologies in all parts of the education system, educational institutions and government. These technologies are especially relevant in quarantine, as they allow you to implement distance learning. It is also important that distance education expands and renews the role of the teacher, makes him a mentor-consultant who should coordinate the cognitive process, constantly improve the courses he teaches, and increase creativity and skills in accordance with innovations and innovations. During distance education, there is also a positive impact on higher education: increasing their creative and intellectual potential through self-organization, the desire for knowledge, the use of modern information and telecommunications technologies, the ability to make responsible decisions. The analysis of the research devoted to distance educational process, has allowed to reveal its other basic features, in particular: orientation on independent cognitive activity; significant potential opportunities for distance learning to intensify educational and cognitive activities; the possibility of organizing open learning, expanding the audience of consumers of educational services; integration of world educational services; reduction, under certain conditions, of material costs for the organization and implementation of the learning process.

E-Learning in India

2011 ◽  
pp. 840-846
Author(s):  
Ramesh C. Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
State Legislature ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Indian Higher Education ◽  
The Government ◽  
National Significance ◽  
To Receive

Education is an essential tool for the economical and social development of a nation. Proper development of human resources is crucial to that. To make everyone able to receive education, there are different forms of educational programmes and provisions. In India, adult education, open and distance education, Operation Blackboard, sarva siksha abhiyan, and so forth have been put in place to achieve universalisation of education. The literacy rate has shown an increase from 36.17% in the 1970s, 52.19% in 1991, to 65.38% in 2001. An increase in the strength of educational institutions is also evident from the fact that while there were over 20 universities and 500 colleges in 1947, now India has 311 universities (including 19 central universities, 206 state universities, 86 deemed-to-be universities, 13 institutes of national significance, and five institutions established through the State Legislature Act; Dhir, 2004). The Indian higher education system is said to be the second largest after U.S. in the world, based on the expansion of institutions, student enrollment, and faculty. But to this rosy picture, the other dark side of the coin is that in spite of having this large educational infrastructure, higher education is accessible only to 6% to 7% of 18- to 23-year-olds, as found out by a World Bank report (2001) and Kumar (2004). Dongaonkar (2004) reported that there are other developing countries that have a higher percentage of educational coverage, for example, Indonesia (11%), Brazil (12%), Mexico (14%), and Thailand (19%). The government of India (2002) has laid the emergent need of providing educational opportunities, for more than 3.2 million children (six to 14 years) and 100 million adults (13 to 35 years) need school education.

Indian Digital Transformational Initiatives in the Higher Education System

2021 ◽  
pp. 128-144
Author(s):  
Thangasamy Esakki
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Developmental Process ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Academic Quality ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Efficient Management ◽  
Innovative Thinking ◽  
Indian Higher Education ◽  
The Government

Globally, the developmental process primarily originates from creative and innovative thinking of an individual. Undoubtedly, higher education promotes the academic quality and research in a country. In order to disseminate knowledge to the aspirants in educational and research institutions, the information and technology has been put to use widely across the world. The digital transformation gained importance in the field of education to accelerate the wheels of world economy. During its period of transition, there are multifarious managerial issues. They ought to be tackled prudently by the government or policymakers. Otherwise, digital transformation in higher education can never be considered as a boom but bane. Hence, it necessitates an efficient management for yielding better fruits. The current study has been undertaken to examine the Indian digital initiatives in the higher education system, identify the crucial managerial issues, and suggest remedies for improvement of the Indian higher education system via digital transformation.

scholarly journals World Academic Rankings and Competitiveness of Russian Universities

2019 ◽  
pp. 5-18
Author(s):  
I. B. Stukalova ◽  
A. V. Shishkin ◽  
A. A. Stukalova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Russian Higher Education ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
Analysis Of Dynamics ◽  
The University ◽  
Russian Universities ◽  
Academic Rankings

Advance in the world academic rankings remains one of the priorities of development of the Russian higher education determined by the President and the Government of the Russian Federation.As an axiom authors adopted the provision that the academic ratings are the tool of assessment of level of competitiveness of the national universities, and a rating position of the university – a peculiar integrated indicator of its competitiveness. Authors offered hierarchy of levels of competitiveness of subjects of the higher education system. The results of the analysis of dynamics and the current position of the Russian universities in the world academic rankings (on the example of the rating of QS), analysis of participation in the rating of the QS universities of the countries of EEU and also analysis of perception of a rating position of the university by potential customers and consumers of educational services are given in the article. By an empirical way it is proved that ones the interest of target audience in a rating position of the university as to an indicator of its competitiveness and as to criterion for selection of higher education institution grows. Methodological basis of the research conducted by authors of article were the principles of scientific knowledge: logical and historical. Methods of the structural, comparative and statistical analysis are applied.

scholarly journals Indian Higher Education from the Lens of National Policy of Education (1986) and National Policy on Education (2016): A Comparative Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ishfaq Majid
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Education System ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Special Importance ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Indian Higher Education ◽  
The Government ◽  
National Policy On Education

<p>Higher education is considered as the part and parcel of education system. The Indian higher education system is getting better day by day. The Government of India while realizing the needs of today’s generations brought NPE 1986. To enhance the functioning of higher education, recommendation was given. Many recommendations were implemented but some areas were left behind. To fill this gape, the GOI again in 2016 brought another policy of education. The policy paid special importance to the areas where the previous policy was lacking. The policy gave much attention towards the areas where it was felt that a change is necessary. But many areas where emphasis was necessary were not mentioned. The paper analyses the recommendation of NPE 1986 and 2016 in the field of higher education. It makes a comparative study of the recommendations in various aspects of higher education.</p>

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