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Direct linkDavid John Frank; John W. Meyer – Studies in Higher Education, 2024
Universities are specific local entities, and as such are in competition with one another for resources and prestige. The general tone of the literature--which sees universities mainly as specific organizations--is quite negative, with competition leading to destructive market and political forces. The tone is surprising, given the extraordinary…
Descriptors: Universities, Competition, Accreditation (Institutions), Reputation
Eli Smeplass; Johannes K. Schmees – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2025
This paper examines the evolution of Norwegian higher education with a particular focus on the role and transformation of colleges. Historically, these colleges have been instrumental in providing geographically accessible, higher (vocational) education tailored to local and regional needs, significantly contributing to Norway's workforce and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Role, Regional Characteristics, Access to Education
Lo, William Yat Wai; Hou, Angela Yung-Chi – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2020
The literature suggests that recent years have witnessed a fundamental shift in higher education internationalisation. This paper argues that a reorientation of policy, which is upheld through an initiative known as the Higher Education Sprout Project, indicates the fundamental shift in higher education internationalisation in Taiwan. The paper…
Descriptors: Higher Education, International Education, Foreign Countries, Reputation
Download full textKrengel, Fabian – Global Education Review, 2021
A key goal of global education in language teaching is to "have students 'think globally and act locally'"(Cates, 2013, p. 278) -- an idea in line with the concept of glocality. Virtual exchange -- i.e. connecting learners with different lingua-cultural backgrounds over extended periods of time via digital communication technologies (The…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Fasching-Varner, Kenneth J.; Desmarchelier, Renee P.; Wiens, Peter; Schrader, P. G.; Down, Barry; Stewart, Lindsay; Stone, Michaela; Bagnall, Nigel; Lüke, Mareen – International Dialogues on Education: Past and Present, 2020
This article draws upon the cross-continental experiences of teacher educators in Australia, Germany, and the United States to contextualize and connect localized experiences in each country in the education and training of teachers as glocal phenomena. Through a glocal lens, the paper suggests that the dynamics working against the successful…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Teacher Educators, Teacher Attitudes, Neoliberalism
Wangenge-Ouma, Gerald – European Journal of Education, 2012
This article examines the emergence of the public university in Kenya as a key provider of private higher education, characterised mainly by the phenomenon of the "private public university student." It probes the broader socio-economic reforms circumscribing the privatisation of Kenya's public universities and the local and global…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Universities, Private Colleges, Foreign Countries
Somekh, Bridget; Zeichner, Ken – Educational Action Research, 2009
This paper explores how action research theories and practices are remodelled in local contexts and used to support educational reform. From an analysis of 46 publications from the period 2000-2008, five "variations" in the globalized theory and practice of action research are identified: action research in times of political upheaval and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Global Approach, Educational Change, Local Issues
