Internationalisation has corrupted higher education

By Roger Y Chao Jr. Over the past two decades, neoliberal globalisation has opened up trade borders, commoditised the higher education sector and established a global higher education market. Furthermore, the changing political and economic environment especially after the Cold War resulted in rapid globalisation, technology development and a contraction of borders for trade, labour and academic mobility purposes. Currently, a global higher education market exists particularly for internationally mobile students and lately for domestic students wishing to take international programmes in their home countries. This article focuses on the commercialisation of higher education and its role in ushering corruption into higher education. Read more...