Globalization and Academic Freedom

This paper analyses the impact of globalization on high school in general and academic freedom in particular. Academic freedom, within the context of globalization has become a global issue since there is no region of the world where academic freedom may not be raised. Globalization has also globalization has changed both the ways and the conditions under which teaching, research and dissemination of knowledge are carried out.  Academic freedom has been defined in the Lima and Dar Es Salaam Declarations (adopted in 1988 and 1990, respectively) as "the freedom of members of the academic community, individually or collectively, in the pursuit, development and transmission of knowledge, through research, study, discussion,  documentation, production, creation, teaching, lecturing and writing".

Few submissions were made. The first was that academic freedom is a global problem, the second was that globalization is changing the academy and academic practices, as well as the

environment (socio-economic, technological, cultural and political environment) within which academic pursuits are carried out. And the third was that Neo-liberal Globalisation Poses Challenges to Academic Freedom.

These days, as can be seen in the debates over the problems of accreditation and control, the powerful and prestigious universities that go ‘global’ may not be so strict about standards when it comes to their outposts in the South.