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PROPHE Summary: The UK's Nottingham University is yet another example of
increasing globalization in higher education and, more specifically, of
opening branches or even campuses abroad. Nottingham plans to expand its
Ningbo operation in China to 8000 students and to open a campus in Malaysia.
Typical attractions for overseas students include the lower cost than
study abroad, the status of the foreign degree, and the use of English.
Private providers are active in the new globalization, including in offering
courses abroad followed by short study at the degree-granting university.
For the full story, see BBC News, December 2004. "Can education really go global?" by Sean Coughlan. PROPHE Observation: The globalization described here is not inherently private or public.
Providers from developed countries are sometimes private, sometimes public,
and it is not clear if or how they act differently. Regardless, much of
the dynamics are private at least in the sense that they have been more
common in private than public sectors back at home. The simplest example
is the charging of tuition, generally beyond what students would pay for
their public institutions. And there is a strong market competition aspect
to the mushrooming activity. Additionally, key issues arise that parallel
those seen when indigenous private higher education expands. Examples
include concern over quality or cultural erosion, on the one hand, while
access and options expand on the other hand.
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