Globalization in higher education

Early expectations after the emergence of the Internet in 1990 that globalization would weaken the role of nation states, leading to a cosmopolitan super-space, have been disappointed. Communicative globalization in higher education since the beginnings of the Internet in 1990 has been associated with extensive intersubjective networking and cooperation between institutions, the mobility of ideas and people, and the integration of science on a worldwide basis within a single system, but has not created a shared space based on respect for the other, cultural diversity and mutual learning. The chapter reviews three overlapping aspects of globalization in higher education: (1) neoliberal models of national regulation and international education, (2) Anglo-American linguistic and cultural hegemony in the organization of knowledge, and (3) global practices embodying White Supremacy. These suggest that the neo-imperial Anglo-American global project has been more successful in higher education than in most other social sectors but is now under challenge.