EDUCAUSE Review Articles and Globalization

"The more recent goals -- to internationalize colleges and universities and promote global citizenship for students -- have occurred coincidentally with the realization that U.S. students are becoming less
interested in preparing for careers in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields. There is concern that the United States could find itself challenged and perhaps outcompeted by those nations that also understand the strength and dominance of preparing students in the STEM disciplines and that are focusing on capacity-building in the STEM workforce through education."

“To create a European system of higher education, people will need to be able to understand the nature of academic programs across borders and be able to assess the quality of different programs across borders.”

In June 2007, a joint U.S. delegation took a twelve-day trip to China, exploring developments in higher education, business, and IT through vi sits to six universities, as well as the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and two research parks.

The author discusses the importance of using the current technology in higher education is to teach the students to be aware and engaged with the world around them.

Under the direction of SURF, the higher education institutions in the Netherlands are working on a collaborative strategy for the application of information and communications technology (ICT) to meet the needs of individual users.

An examination of the relatively short history of "Internet Colleges" in China offers a glimpse of the larger aspects and potential of online higher education in the country and also reveals many of the problems involved in institutionalizing online education in an established system.

A survey conducted by the "School of the Future" at the University of São Paulo in 2005 offers comparative data in the areas of higher education information technology—including policy, infrastructure, portals, and investments—for Brazil and elsewhere in Latin America.

President of EDUCAUSE, Brian Hawkins, discusses EDUCAUSE's role in the global higher education marketplace and it's relationship with international members.