higher education in the era of global change (new trends and paradigms)
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HIGHER EDUCATION
IN THE ERA OF GLOBAL CHANGE
NEW TRENDS AND NEW PARADIGMS
Prof. Dr. Can Aktan
http://www.canaktan.org http://www.canaktan.net
Outline of Presentation
→ Driving Forces of Change
→ Trends & Paradigmal Shifts
→ New Direction
→ New Paradigms
→ Challanges and Opportunities
→ Conclusion
HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE ERA OF CHANGE GLOBAL TRENDS AND PARADIGMAL SHIFTS
HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE ERA OF CHANGE GLOBAL TRENDS AND PARADIGMAL SHIFTS
SERVICE DELIVERY
Deregulation, Liberalization,
Privatization
SERVICE DELIVERY
Borderless Education
Academic Mobility
HARMONIZATION
Harmonization
Convergence
GOVERNANCE
Stakeholders Relationship
Management
PHILOSOPHY
Lifelong Learning
METHODOLOGY
Interdisciplinary
Multidisciplinary
METHODOLOGY
Active Learning
eLearning
TOTAL QUALITY
Quality Assurance
Accreditation
GOVERNANCE
Entrepreneurial
University
GOVERNANCE
Accountability
Transparency
TRENDS
&
PARADIGMS
DRIVING FORCES OF CHANGE
• The increasing importance of knowledge
• Continuing Information & Communications Technologies revolution
• The impact of globalization
• The impact of increasing competition
•
Source: ‘World Bank ‘Constructing Knowledge Economies” 2002.
HIGHER EDUCATION:
DRIVING FORCES OF CHANGE
HIGHER EDUCATION: SOME OTHER DRIVING FORCES OF CHANGE
-Unmet demand & supply – demographic
pressures
-Public financing declining – burden shifting
from the State to Higher Education Institutions
-Pressures on governance
-Importance of general / liberal education more
pronounced
NEW PARADIGMS
PARADIGMS CHANGED:
OLD AND NEW TEACHING PARADIGMS COMPARED
New Paradigm
Traditional Paradigm
PARADIGMS CHANGED:
OLD AND NEW TEACHING PARADIGMS COMPARED
Teaching Learning
Teacher Mentor or Coach
Student Learner
Passive Active
Scheduled On-demand
Teaching material Achieving a
Learning Goal
PARADIGMS CHANGED: LEARNING
NEW DEVELOPMENTS
the changing higher education landscape
change in forms of competition
-long distance competition
-franchise universities
-corporate universities
FRANCHISE
UNIVERSITIES
Corporate Universities
Corporate universities are developed by those
corporations who have shifted their focus from
employee training to employee education as a
result of "the emergence of the knowledge
economy"
Many corporations believe that through continued
employee education, they can "achieve strategic
goals and performance improvement"
STUDENT MOBILITY: Number of International
Mobile Students by Region of Destination, 2000 , 2007
Students Studying Abroad
Over 2 million international tertiary students abroad in
OECD countries (est $40 billion market)
Over 600,000 in USA – approx 35% of world total
Other significant share of global market include – UK
(14%) – Germany ( 12% ) – Australia ( 9% ) – France
( 8% )
UK in 2001, students from China increased by 67% from
previous year – 31% increase from India
New Zealand 300% growth in the last decade…
HARMONIZATION &
CONVERGENCE
The idea underlying the Bologna Declaration (BD) is
to establish a European Higher Education (HE) Area, to
enhance compatibility, comparability and
transparency of higher education institutions through
convergent reforms aimed to provide better
mobility of students and teachers in the function of the free
market and better employability.
ACCREDITATION
A formal, published statement regarding the quality of a
program and/or an institution, following evaluation based
on agreed standards.
A process of recognizing higher education institutions or
programs for performance, integrity and quality, that
entitles them to the confidence of the educational
community and the public.
ACCREDITATION
Applied to the European context, accreditation could imply
diploma/degree validation, possibly on the basis of European
benchmarks, or to provide a "European label" to institutions seeking
international visibility.
This could also be applicable to current national procedures which
enhance student mobility by facilitating comparability of
diplomas/degrees and credit transfer.
Accreditation is a process - as it gives the opportunity for quality
improvement
Accreditation is a status - as it ensures public certification of
acceptable quality
BASIC PURPOSE OF ACCREDITATION
- To ensure comparability of diplomas and titles
- To promote students' mobility at European and national levels
- To protect students and stakeholders from fraudulent or malpractice activities or awards that are hard to control
- To guarantee a certain standard of quality to students
and other stakeholders
-To solve the question of the level of new private institutions of higher education
-Transparency of the provision of higher education
(international HE providers, modes of delivery, degree/diploma structure, etc.),
HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE ERA OF CHANGE GLOBAL TRENDS AND PARADIGMAL SHIFTS
SERVICE DELIVERY
Deregulation, Liberalization,
Privatization
SERVICE DELIVERY
Borderless Education
Academic Mobility
HARMONIZATION
Harmonization
Convergence
GOVERNANCE
Stakeholders Relationship
Management
PHILOSOPHY
Lifelong Learning
METHODOLOGY
Interdisciplinary
Multidisciplinary
METHODOLOGY
Active Learning
eLearning
TOTAL QUALITY
Quality Assurance
Accreditation
GOVERNANCE
Entrepreneurial
University
GOVERNANCE
Accountability
Transparency
TRENDS
&
PARADIGMS
CONCLUSION
The drivers of change in higher education are the
globalization in general, impacts of information and
communications technologies, massification of tertiary
systems all over the world, the 'public good' versus 'private
good' debate etc.
The major trends and paradigms are deregulation,
liberalization and privatization of higher education, trans-
national higher education, the idea of entrepreneurial
university, academic mobility, quality assurance systems
and accreditation, the philosophy of life-long learning, e-
learning, interdisciplinarity and multidisciplinarity learning
and the governance of higher education etc.
Prof.Dr.Coşkun Can Aktan
Social Sciences Research Society
http://www.sobiad.org
& Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey
http://www.canaktan.org
HIGHER EDUCATION
IN THE ERA OF GLOBAL CHANGE
NEW TRENDS AND NEW PARADIGMS