The Impact of Globalization on the future of the development of higher education

Document Type : research article

Authors

1 PhD student Educational Management, Islamic Azad University, Sari Branch, Iran. Email: hanife.pasha2017@gmail.com

2 Associate Professor, department of educational management, the human sciences faculty, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran. (Author) Email: f_zameni@yahoo.com

3 Assistant Professor of Educational Management. Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Sari Branch. Email: tenayati@yahoo.com

Abstract

Introduction: Globalization is a phenomenon that today leads all the pillars of society towards integration. Whereas higher education is an essential and constructive part of the cultural context of societies and is affected by the profound changes of globalization; The purpose of this study is to explain the impact of globalization on the future development of higher education.
Methods: The method of this research was descriptive survey. The statistical population includes faculty members of universities in Mazandaran province and 322 people were selected as the sample size using the Cochran's formula and the available non-probability sampling method. A researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect data, the face validity and reliability of which was confirmed at Cronbach's alpha level above 0.70. Structural equation test was used to analyze the data.
Results: The findings showed that the appropriateness of the structural equation model in explaining the impact of future globalization of higher education development in Iran was accepted and globalization had a significant effect on education status, research trends, needs assessment and future of higher education development (t> 1.96, Sig <0.05).
Conclusion: The results of this study showed that globalization has been effective on the educational and research areas of the higher education system. So that the process of globalization, the higher education system faces new needs and leads to the development of new educational and research processes, which will lead to the serious development of higher education.

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