Academic Globalization: Where Did We Come from? Where Are We Going?

  • Philip G. Altbach Center for International Higher Education, Boston College
  • Jamil Salmi Diego Portales University, Chile; Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, US
Keywords: Western university model, history of universities, colonialism and higher education

Abstract

Almost all existing universities stem from the Western university model. This article discusses this tradition—how colonialism impacted the expansion of universities and the reasons why modern universities continue to use this pattern of academic development.

Author Biographies

Philip G. Altbach, Center for International Higher Education, Boston College

Philip G. Altbach is research professor and distinguished fellow, Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, US. Email: altbach@bc.edu.

Jamil Salmi, Diego Portales University, Chile; Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, US

Jamil Salmi is a global tertiary education expert, professor emeritus of higher education policy at Diego Portales University, Chile, and research fellow at the Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, US. Email:
jsalmi@tertiaryeducation.org.

Published
2022-07-11
How to Cite
Altbach, P., & Salmi, J. (2022). Academic Globalization: Where Did We Come from? Where Are We Going?. International Higher Education, (111), 7-9. Retrieved from https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ihe/article/view/15321
Issue
No 111 (2022): Summer Issue
Section
Articles
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