Internationalization, Globalization and Institutional Roles in the Face of Rising Nationalisms

The developing transition in higher education throughout the globe from a ready acceptance of the form of globalization present throughout much of the world over the past four decades appears to be producing two modal responses. One is an all too understandable—if limited—concern by institutions, and individuals for the nature of their institutions within their customary and recognizable form. The other has been a more highly generalizable concern to conceptualize, frame, and understand the complexity of dynamics and events that have been implicated in producing the move toward anti-globalism and nationalism. This chapter reviews these phenomena and explores some of the novel issues arising within the overall international higher education community as a result.