Globalization Case Study

4) Consequences of HE internationalization: Benefits and Risks

The literature raise a number of issues which are triggered by the internationalization process. The most common named are those related to quality regulation, equity, access/fees and brain drain. As might be perceived, all these factors present rather a negative connotation of the effects of globalization. My impression is that in LA and particularly in Chile there is less reference to the positive consequences such as inclusion and multicultural tolerance among others, perhaps by the fact that there is a lack of databases on student mobility and the impact after labour reinsertion, and therefore, also little qualitative follow up that may demonstrate reliable results. The first issue has been pointed out by OECD, claiming that one main barrier again is the different terminology used for “foreign student” in each country, which makes

From my point of view, some of this factors are a magnification of existing local realities by the facts discussed in section 3. I will refer to these as “internal factors”. The effect of globalization on this factors is due purely to the aggravation (equity, access) or improvement (quality) of them. Notwithstanding, there are other factors there are directly product of the internationalization strategies used towards globalization, like intercultural and language skills, economy and brain drain. To these effects I will refer as “external factors”.

Again, as mode 2 is the main Chilean strategy, I will focus my analysis on the impact of external factors, specifically brain drain and briefly the commodification of HE since these are the main concern in LA (17 and 12% respectively), according to IHE (2010), and the role they play in the NORTH-SOUTH