The Rise of the Global University: 5 New Tensions - Commentary - The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Rise of the Global University: 5 New Tensions - Commentary - The Chronicle of Higher Education: "By Simon Marginson
Some scholars date the beginnings of globalization from the first move of people out of Africa. Some date it from the spread of world religions—Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. Others date it from the imperial European empires, the Napoleonic wars, or the expanded trade and migration in the second half of the Victorian era. But one thing is certain: In the last two decades, the Internet and cheaper air travel have created such closer integration and convergence that, for the first time, a single world society is within reach—and higher education, ranging beyond the nation-state, is a central driver."