The Globalization of Higher Education
Глобализация высшего образования
2005-08-18
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In the year 2000, 66 million students globally, 1 per cent of the world’s population of 6.2 billion people, will be at universities (Blight, 1995:22). As the new millennium starts, 16.5 million students globally will embark on the first year of a first degree, with an average time at university of around four years, including postgraduate study for some. Universities offer these first-year, first-degree places every year, as new age cohorts move through the education system. The best measure of participation in higher education involves a comparison of the number of new undergraduate places with the size of a relevant age cohort. The access rate is the ratio of the number of first-year, first-degree places to the number of 18-year-olds. The number of 18-year-olds can be smoothed by averaging the 18-to 21-year-olds or the 15-to 19-year-olds.
Key Findings
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Approximately 16.5 million students globally were expected to begin the first year of a first degree in 2000.
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Higher-education participation is best measured by comparing new first-degree undergraduate places with the size of the relevant age cohort.
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In 2000, approximately 66 million students worldwide—about 1% of the global population—were expected to attend universities.
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Students spend an average of around four years at university, with some undertaking postgraduate study.
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The access rate is defined as the ratio of first-year, first-degree places to the number of 18-year-olds, with cohort size optionally smoothed across adjacent age groups.
Research Object
Global higher education system (university enrollment and participation across countries)
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globalization-driven expansion and access rates of higher education, measured by first-year undergraduate places relative to relevant age cohorts
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