scholarly journals Globalization and Higher Education in Africa (A Review of Literature)

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 68-75
Author(s):  
Boniface J. Wangare
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Institutional Response ◽  
Global Culture ◽  
Higher Education Systems ◽  
Knowledge Industry ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Typical Model

The knowledge industry is credited for accelerating the emergence of global societies where national peculiarities are growingly being replaced by a homogenized global culture. Both theory and research attest that knowledge and innovation is the seedbed of globalization, a widely entrenched concept that has become a typical model of socio-cultural and economic development of the 21st Century. The notion of globalization presents similar and dissimilar opportunities and challenges for communities in different contexts. An awareness of these challenges and opportunities has been at the heart of regional, national and institutional response to globalization. The move towards a Knowledge economy brings to the fore the place of education in any discourse on globalization. Higher education systems (HE) are particularly inextricable themes. Globalization in HE encompasses those forces that push HE systems towards common values, models and structures at regional, continental and global levels. These systems do not only drive and ride on globalization. They are also subject to globalization as evidenced in extant literature. Keywords: Higher Education, globalization, harmonization, accreditation

scholarly journals A Conversation with Sharan Merriam: Globalization and Adult Education

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Gene Saudelli ◽  
Dolana Mogadime ◽  
Nancy Taber
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Adult Education ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Global Education ◽  
Educational Context ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
The Impact

On September 22, 2011, Sharan Merriam visited Brock University to give a Distinguished Speaker Lecture entitled "Globalization: Challenges and Opportunities for Adult Education." Based on her research about the future of adult education within a global context, Merriam’s lecture sets the tone for this special issue on the impact of globalization for adult education and higher education. Merriam (2010) unpacked the phenomenon of globalization, connected it to the knowledge economy, and situated it within a contemporary, political, social, cultural, and educational context. Merriam (2010) highlighted the need for consideration of the trends and trajectories in adult education related to globalization as "adult education does not occur in a vacuum" (p. 408). She emphasized the need to consider research on lifelong learning that has been impacted by global education. Merriam’s work further highlighted the need for the sharing of knowledge among international educators in a global context.

Employability, higher education and the knowledge economy

2021 ◽  
pp. 107-128
Author(s):  
Niccolo Durazzi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Labour Markets ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Higher Education Systems ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Knowledge Economies ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Dynamic Services

This chapter focuses in particular on the inter-connections between different types of higher education systems (as commonly defined in education literature by the prevalence of vertical or horizontal differentiation), and different types of knowledge economy (with respect to the relative importance attached to advanced manufacturing or dynamic services). It proposes a theoretical framework to understand the relationship between higher education systems and knowledge-based labour markets. The chapter then examines the complementarity — or lack thereof — between higher education systems and national knowledge economies in Britain, South Korea, Germany and the Netherlands, each having a different higher education–knowledge economy combination. Ultimately, the chapter recommends that governments should revive or create a vocational subset of higher education institutions to meet the high-skills demand of labour markets.

Higher Education and Knowledge Economy: A Focus on Nigeria

2013 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Danjuma ◽  
Amran Rasli
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Knowledge Based

The objective of this article was to discuss the roles of higher education institutions towards a knowledge-based Nigerian economy in the fast changing globalised economy. In achieving this objective, issues that drive knowledge in developed countries and the need for Nigeria to adopt a knowledge-based approach to economic development were examined. Suggestions on strategies for developing a knowledge-driven economy were offered accordingly.

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