Analyzing Globalization, Education Policy, and Societal Change

This essay examines the impact of globalization on higher education, focusing on internationalization and economic factors. It analyzes perspectives on internationalizing higher education, highlighting the expansion of academic mobility and intercultural integration. The essay also addresses the economic conditions affecting education transformation, including financial constraints faced by students pursuing education abroad. It references articles by Altbach (2015) and Nadtochy et al. (2016) to provide a comprehensive overview of the challenges and opportunities presented by globalization in the context of higher education. The essay concludes by justifying the selection of internationalization as a key concept, emphasizing its role in enhancing job opportunities and facilitating cross-cultural communication. Desklib provides access to this and many other solved assignments to help students in their academic journey.

Running head: GLOBALIZATION, EDUCATIONAL POLICY AND CHANGE
Globalization, Educational Policy and Change
Name of the Student
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Table of Contents
Purpose:...........................................................................................................................................2
1. Key concept: Perspectives on internationalizing higher education.............................................2
2. Key concept: Economic factors and conditions for the transformation of education in the
context of globalization...................................................................................................................4
3. Justification of the selected concept:...........................................................................................5
Reference List:.................................................................................................................................6

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Purpose:
The primary purpose of this particular study is to evaluate impact of globalization in
enhancing the rate of higher education. In addition, the study provides in-depth understanding on
how the factors of economy play major role in maintaining higher education in the era of
globalization. The entire study would discuss the key concepts based on the point of view of
eminent scholars such as Nadtochy et al., (2016) and Altbach (2015)
1. Key concept: Perspectives on internationalizing higher education
In the very specific article, Perspectives on internationalizing higher education
published by Altbach (2015), the author has provided in-depth overview on how internalization
has left major impact on higher education. While discussing the matter the author has given
detailed portraiture about the key concept of internalization in context to education. With the
rapid progress of globalization the academic mobility for both the students and the teachers,
academic programs and activities and numerous research initiatives have already expanded its
wings beyond going the regional boundaries. Integration of inter culture in the realm of
globalization have enhanced the scope for internationalizing higher education. With the gradual
increase of population the numbers of regional institutions are not sufficient enough in providing
equal opportunity to all the students for maintaining their higher education (Stromquist &
Monkman, 2014). As a result, huge number of students had to stop their educational journey at
the middle of their career being deprived of getting chance in Universities. Globalization has
rendered immense opportunities to those students who wish to continue their higher education by
going another country.

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The author in this very article had highlighted that language barrier was one of the major
obstacles for the students. A student having a background of regional language and culture faces
immense challenges in getting accustomed with the education system of foreign country.
However, the emergence of technology has reduced this barrier also immensely. By using
Google translator and other search engines the students can easily overcome language barrier
and interact with the professors effectively. In addition, the author has also highlighted that large
number of subjects are there which were very much restricted within particular regional country.
The current scenario is however different. The subjects like Sanskrit, agriculture are widely
internationalized in current education system.
The student can easily travel in abroad for enhancing their academic growth based on
those subjects. In previous education scenario, people belonging to different cultural
backgrounds and attitudes do not communication with each other due to psychological and
linguistic barrier. However, after the emergence of cross cultural communication students do not
have to face challenges in interacting with each other and sharing their views and thoughts
(Stromquist & Monkman, 2014). The author in this article had highlighted that higher education
is internationalized in quest of finding employability opportunity. Numerous students have
belonging to Asian countries have realized that the job opportunity in European countries is far
secured and transparent than the countries of Asia. In this kind of situation, those students have
preferred to continue their higher education from European universities. Automatically, the
scope for internalizing higher education is increasing day by day.

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2. Key concept: Economic factors and conditions for the transformation of education in the
context of globalization
In this very specific article depicted by Nadtochy et al., (2016) the author has identified
the major issue of globalizing education in foreign market. In the previous article, the author has
stated that emergence of technology, flexibility in cross cultural communication, lack of
immense psychological barriers are the most significant reasons of internalizing higher
education. In this study however, the author has portrayed that the method of internationalizing
higher education is constituted with some of the major barriers. The first and foremost challenge
that a student of average income status has to face while maintaining higher education in abroad
is economic constraints (Zajda, 2015). Economic constraint is one of the most effective
challenges that the student has to face for availing in abroad.
The author has pointed out that students have to invest large amount of money for
completing their degree from foreign university. It is very much difficulties thus for those
students of medium income status. Foreign scholarship and education loan may have rendered a
solution for overcoming economic constraints (Bartlett & Vavrus, 2014). However, in order to
crack the criteria of foreign scholarship the student would have to get good result. Large numbers
of students are there who are unable to meet the criteria. Apart from economic constraints the
author has also pointed out that psychological barrier, cultural barrier and linguistic barrier
leaves major negative impact on the progress of globalization. As discussed in the previous text
translators have reduced the gap of communication. At the same time, it is undeniable that in
order to attend the class of a professor student feels immense difficulties to grab the lecturers’
comment by using translator. This specific method becomes very much complicated while
attending classes (Anyon, 2014). At the same time, it has also been observed that student cannot

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maintain effective communication with the professors and share their views and thoughts due to
language barrier. However, while discussing the most effective barriers of globalization in
context of higher education, the author has not denied the role of advanced technology in
resolving these kinds of issue (Igarashi & Saito, 2014). The emergence of advanced technology
can provide effective online training in free of cost to get accustomed with the university culture
of foreign country.
3. Justification of the selected concept:
Among the two articles discussed below I have selected the first concept which implies
Perspectives on internationalizing higher education. From this very specific article I got to
know that internationalizing higher education has broader perspectives. In this article the
author has widely discussed on how internationalization of higher education has enhanced the
scope for a student in increasing job opportunities. I am also influenced after going through the
concept depicted by the author. It would help me immensely in enhancing my personal career.
From the article I have learned on how to resolve language barriers while communicating with
the foreigners.

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Reference List:
Altbach, P. (2015). Perspectives on internationalizing higher education. International Higher
Education, (27).
Anyon, J. (2014). Radical possibilities: Public policy, urban education, and a new social
movement. Routledge.
Bartlett, L., & Vavrus, F. (2014). Transversing the vertical case study: A methodological
approach to studies of educational policy as practice. Anthropology & Education
Quarterly, 45(2), 131-147.
Igarashi, H., & Saito, H. (2014). Cosmopolitanism as cultural capital: Exploring the intersection
of globalization, education and stratification. Cultural Sociology, 8(3), 222-239.
Nadtochy, Y. V., Klochko, E. N., Danilina, M. V., Gurieva, L. K., Bazhenov, R. I., & Bakharev,
V. V. (2016). Economic factors and conditions for the transformation of the education
services market in the context of globalization. International Review of Management and
Marketing, 6(1S).
Stromquist, N. P., & Monkman, K. (2014). Defining globalization and assessing its implications
for knowledge and education, revisited. Globalization and education: Integration and
contestation across cultures, 1, 1-21.
Stromquist, N. P., & Monkman, K. (Eds.). (2014). Globalization and education: Integration and
contestation across cultures. R&L Education.

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Zajda, J. (2015). Globalisation and its impact on education and policy. In Second International
Handbook on Globalisation, Education and Policy Research (pp. 105-125). Springer,
Dordrecht.