Higher Education in the Global Age ─ Policy, Practice and Promise in Emerging Societies

Discussions on globalization now routinely focus on the economic impact of developing countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, the former Soviet Union and Latin America. Only twenty-five years ago, many developing countries were largely closed societies. Today, the growing power of “emerging markets” is reordering the geopolitical landscape. On a purchasing power parity basis, emerging economies now constitute half of the world’s economic activity. Financial markets too are seeing growing integration: Asia now accounts for 1/3 of world stock markets, more than double that of just 15 years ago. Given current trajectories, most economists predict that China and India alone will account for half of global output by 2050 (almost a complete return to their positions prior to the Industrial Revolution). How is higher education shaping and being shaped by these massive tectonic shifts? As education rises as a geopolitical priority, it has converged with discussions on economic policy and a global labor market. As part of the Routledge Studies in Emerging Societies series, this edited collection focuses on the globalization of higher education, particularly the increasing symbiosis between advanced and developing countries. Bringing together senior scholars, journalists, and practitioners from around the world, this collection explores the relatively new and changing higher education landscape.

Daniel Araya is a doctoral candidate in Education Policy, Organization and Leadership at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The focus of his research is the confluence of digital technologies and economic globalization on systems of education. He has worked with the Kineo Group and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois. In 2011, he received the Hardie Dissertation Award and was selected for the HASTAC Scholars Fellowship. He is currently the co-editor of the Journal of Global Studies in Education. His newest books include: Education in the Creative Economy (2010, Peter Lang) and Nexus: New Intersections in Internet Research (2011, Peter Lang).

Peter Marber is global head of GEM fixed income and currencies at HSBC Halbis Partners. He was formerly Founding Partner and Chief Strategist for The Atlantic Funds, LLC, which was acquired by HSBC in June 2005. Since 1987, Marber has professionally invested billions of dollars in the emerging markets for many of the world's largest corporations and financial groups. He began his career at UBS, and he was a co-founder and President of the emerging markets subsidiaries at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein. Marber has taught at Columbia University since 1993, teaching at the Business School and the School of International and Public Affairs. He has also taught classes at Johns Hopkins and Universidad Francisco Marroquin. Marber has authored three books and more than 100 articles and columns on international finance and globalization. He has been a global analyst for CNN, CNBC, Reuters, Bloomberg, and the Wall Street Journal and has lectured at dozens of international conferences. Mr. Marber serves on a variety of boards and societies, and holds degrees from Johns Hopkins and Columbia Universities.