Trust – Changing Global Environment
The changing global environment has become a more important element in the
day-to-day life of institutions than it was. Held, McGrew, Goldblatt, and Perraton
1999) noted that the discussion about globalisation is divided between three main
positions. Some argue that global relations and forces are displacing the nationstate.
Others argue that globalisation has been vastly exaggerated and little has
really changed. A third group argues that although the nation-state continues, it has
also been relativised by global flows and convergences, which are transforming
human agents and social institutions, whether global, national, or local. This third
school of thought best fits the higher education environment; which is both open to
global flows and often directly shaped by national government. Higher education
institutions were long subject to international influences and, in many nations,
were networked to an unusual degree compared to other sectors. In the past two
decades the worldwide higher education environment has been transformed by
instantaneous communications, ever-expanding people movement, emerging marketsThe changing global environment has become a more important element in the
day-to-day life of institutions than it was. Held, McGrew, Goldblatt, and Perraton
1999) noted that the discussion about globalisation is divided between three main
positions. Some argue that global relations and forces