Inside Higher Ed – Scott Jaschik
“Everyone at the annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities seems to favor globalization as a goal for higher education — not much of a surprise given the meeting theme of “Global Positioning.” But some here argued that it is time to rethink just what globalization means — in many cases making it more local in focus (and without seeing local and global as opposites). And in a sign of how all globalization may involve local contexts, officials from a Chinese university made a presentation about how it is embracing a global outlook by turning to the liberal arts.”(more)