Title:
ANALYZING UNCERTAINTY AND CHANGE IN THE ADVANCEMENT OFGLOBAL HIGHER EDUCATION

Authors:
Pamela A. Lemoine,Robert E. Waller,Christopher J. Garretson and Michael D. Richardson* ,USA

Abstract:
There are important debates concerning the challenging and uncertain future of global higher education. The primary trend is obvious: those countries with the most vibrant higher education systems are those that are most likely to be educationally and economically productive. But both the social and economic future of countries depends principally on the educational attainment of their population and the quality of their higher education institutions. Global higher education institutions are being asked to emphasize objective measures of performance without consideration for the social values of a degree. In addition, financing for global institutions is diminishing and demands for productivity and quality assurance are increasingly formidable