Globalization and its challenges for developing countries: the case of Turkish higher education

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Akar H.

ASIA PACIFIC EDUCATION REVIEW, cilt.11, ss.447-457, 2010 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 11
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s12564-010-9086-0
  • Dergi Adı: ASIA PACIFIC EDUCATION REVIEW
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.447-457
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Higher education, Globalization, Turkey, TURKEY
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This paper examines the challenges faced by the Turkish higher education system and exposes the inequities and realities educators in a developing nation must struggle with as they try to find a prestigious spot in the knowledge-production industry. After a brief overview of the literature that illustrates how globalization penetrated into each stage of development of Turkey's modern institutions of higher education, the paper presents a discussion, based on national and international statistics, of the challenges these institutions face as a result of globalization, namely increasing demands for higher education; faculty shortages; the internationalization of higher education; research and knowledge production; and the process of financing higher education.