Borderless 2011 Perspectives on the Future The Observatory on Borderless Higher Education www.obhe.org
[email protected] +44 (0) 20 7222 7890 © The Observatory on Borderless Higher Education, 2011 1 2 Borderless 2011 Welcome C ONTENTS William Archer, Director, i-graduate 2 Welcome Trends which were at a nascent stage of development only a decade ago are William Archer (i-graduate) influencing borderless higher education directions in a big way, moving from the Foreword periphery into the mainstream. The expert opinions expressed in this inaugural report William Lawton (OBHE) identify some of them; the shift toward private conceptions of good in higher education, the profound opportunity technology offers, and the benefits both incoming and 3 Perspectives on the Future outgoing mobility afford, to name a few. OBHE and Svava Bjarnason Editorial: A Glimpse into a From a macroeconomic perspective, the ongoing economic crisis will remain the key Borderless 2011 force effecting change in borderless higher education for some time yet to come; the economic exigencies of the past two years are set to quicken the changes already 5 Privatization, Convergence, and underway. As students seek a quality higher education experience that enables them to Institutional Autonomy negotiate the transient borders of a globalizing world, they and their institutions will increasingly question how this change should take shape. Maurits van Rooijen (Nyenrode Business Universiteit) After considering the perspectives enclosed within this inaugural version of the Svava Bjarnason (World Bank) Borderless series, we hope youʼll agree that the Observatoryʼs key mission – and its Barbara Ischinger (OECD) core strength – remains strategic insight.