Transnational Education

A World of Change (Part 3): Commodities, Quality, and the Human Element - November 14, 2003

One technical writer in the recent debate about offshoring, quality, and job transition stated that the change of jobs from being a specialty to a commodity labor was not new. "Commoditization is a fact of business and life. Its the reason DVD players cost $50.00 now instead of $1000 as they did in 1996. Its also the reason why tech writers get $30 now an hour instead of the $65 they got in 1998.
http://transnationaled.blogspot.com/2003/11/world-of-change-part-3-commodities.html

A World of Change (Part 2): Education Services as Commodities - November 14, 2003

Continuing from the San Jose Mercury Times article Caught in the pull of globalization, "...many executives, economists and academics say that offshoring jobs ultimately helps American companies compete in a global economy, especially in tight economic times. And companies say that to stay competitive, they have no choice but to hire the low-cost labor available. 'In business, there are
http://transnationaled.blogspot.com/2003/11/world-of-change-part-2-education.html

A World of Change (Part 1): Offshoring and Job Transition - November 14, 2003

A recent heated debate (see it all in the Nov.2003 archives) on a technical writing discussion list has raised a lot of thoughts in my mind about globalization, economics, and how professions change over time in individual and global ways. The debate which lasted for the good part of a week exposed many different views and opinions. The catalyst of the exchange was an article that appeared in the
http://transnationaled.blogspot.com/2003/11/world-of-change-part-1-offshoring-and.html

Foreign Student Enrollment Leveling in US - November 6, 2003

I was not surprised to read Foreign Enrollment Levels Off at U.S. Schools in the Washington Post today. The article reviews the drop in the growth rate of foreign students coming to the US for college from 6.4% to 0.6% over the past two years. I guess so many things have hinted at this recently that I just figured it was common knowledge. The article cites a few reasons from a few sources of
http://transnationaled.blogspot.com/2003/11/foreign-student-enrollment-leveling-in.html

Coming to Understand TNE, Blogs, and Me - November 4, 2003

Whew! It's been a long time since the TNE blog published anything. Tom and I have both been busy, but not completely out of the loop. If I know Tom, he has been right in the action and probably has a pretty good pool of ideas just waiting to be molded in some tasty way. I've been reading my daily online news sources, trying to make sense of this topic that is so immense, and I've struggled to
http://transnationaled.blogspot.com/2003/11/coming-to-understand-tne-blogs-and-me.html