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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2022): OPJU Business Review

Globalization and 21st Century Higher Education: Innovation in Managing Global Challenges

DOI:
https://doi.org/10.63825/br29f240
Submitted
10 August 2025
Published
23 May 2022

Abstract

Today globalization has affected different aspects of human life. If someone has to do any activity, it is necessary to think of globalization and its dimensions such as neoliberalism, technology, social changes and global challenges caused by globalization. Moreover, this twenty first century is governed by technology and education is also being related to e- governance which needs to use high level of internet connected modern technology. So, the purpose of this study is to analyse twenty first century education in the era of globalization and what innovations are being made to manage global challenges. Qualitative research design was adopted for narrative inquiry following interpretive paradigm. This study found out that people of this twenty first century era of globalization are not free to do things by themselves. The people are under the grip of unseen global forces looking at them from distant places. So, new innovations are being made to tackle the novel types of global challenges. The implication of this study underline that are new technologies applied in education and traditional systems of education such as classroom education systems are being replaced by digital and online education. Education is not only for reading and writing but it is for skills and knowledge to face global challenges of job markets for earning livelihood needed for sustainable development. Furthermore, its implications are that globalization and technology along with neoliberalism have continuously putting forces on social change and so is education sector.

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