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

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

Common Digital Space Scientific Knowledge Designing: Theoretical and Methodological Problems

Unsolved methodological problems of creating a single digital knowledge space are considered. The methodology of information space intellectualization is presented as one of the priority trends of modern information development. The characteristics of the information infrastructure of the digital economy are defined: intellectual type of scientific knowledge storage, visibility. Actual theoretical problems that require operational solutions in the context of designing a single digital space of scientific knowledge are formulated. Solutions to the problems of selecting objects of information modeling and reflection, dialectics of individual and system objects in the structure of a single digital space of scientific knowledge, industry-specific and differentiated approaches to the design of a single digital space of scientific knowledge are proposed. Organizational models of the unified digital space of scientific knowledge are considered. The idea of a single digital space of scientific knowledge is considered through the prism of the experience of organizing inter-organizational projects in the Russian information market.

Make/shift - a creative community project

This thesis project is a contextual response, using physical, social and economic conditions of a site in a particularly provoking city to explore spatial-programmatic architectural responses. The Creative Community is a response to the problems prevalent in post-industrial cities like Detroit; it is a city with an exceptionally striking building stock that lacks social and economic prosperity. Blight is compounded by low density, however this research suggests that this cycle could possibly be broken by grassroots, nodal intensification at the neighbourhood level. Built precedents and industrial city research will form the dialogue of the thesis. A response formulated to engage with a 1930’s factory and its surroundings will be the culminating Design Project. This thesis project attempts to crystallize an architectonic vision that highlights the industrial heritage of the city while projecting future economic trends in the knowledge industry by tapping into the creative energy of a historically vibrant community.

Make/shift - a creative community project

This thesis project is a contextual response, using physical, social and economic conditions of a site in a particularly provoking city to explore spatial-programmatic architectural responses. The Creative Community is a response to the problems prevalent in post-industrial cities like Detroit; it is a city with an exceptionally striking building stock that lacks social and economic prosperity. Blight is compounded by low density, however this research suggests that this cycle could possibly be broken by grassroots, nodal intensification at the neighbourhood level. Built precedents and industrial city research will form the dialogue of the thesis. A response formulated to engage with a 1930’s factory and its surroundings will be the culminating Design Project. This thesis project attempts to crystallize an architectonic vision that highlights the industrial heritage of the city while projecting future economic trends in the knowledge industry by tapping into the creative energy of a historically vibrant community.

The Knowledge Industry, How You Buy, and or, Sell Your Truth

Scientific knowledge has throughout of history, been treated as a commodity and increasingly its value has thus during the last 40 years depreciated due to effect of Trickle-down Economics The production and selling of truth, is an on-growing industry where the interested parties, set the agenda by hiring academics and scholars hence turning complex issues into; bite-size, digestible content. Unfortunately, more extensive access to information, does not translate into unbiased knowledge.

HUMAN CAPITAL AND THE "KNOWLEDGE INDUSTRY" IN ECONOMIC THEORY

В данной статье речь пойдет о таких понятиях в экономической теории как человеческий капитал, «индустрия знаний», (которая включает в себя ряд видов человеческой деятельности), а также о количестве занятых в научной сфере. This article will focus on such concepts in economic theory as human capital, "knowledge industry" (which includes a number of human activities), as well as the number of people employed in the scientific field.

Regional Path Breaking: The Role of Industry Switching, Industry Diversity, and New Knowledge in New Venture Exit

Regions with spatial concentrations of businesses create conditions that spawn new firms, but also undercut new venture survival. Localized competition puts pressure on new firms to exit. Adding to this pressure to exit is regional path dependence, which limits the ability of firms to respond strategically to hostile local conditions. We investigate the extent to which the pressure to exit created by localized competition is moderated by three “path breaking” factors—new knowledge, industry diversity, and industry switching. We test and find broad support for our hypotheses using data from 355 metropolitan statistical areas in the United States spanning 2002 to 2010.