Call for papers: "Cost and Technology Challenges for Higher Education in an Increasingly Globalised World"

For a special issue of the International Journal of Economics and Business Research.

The objective of this special issue is to publish papers that deal with higher education issues that relate to cost and technology. Costs are rising, owing to expensive investments in technology, instructors’ salaries and rising administrative costs; at the same time, governments can no longer afford to subsidise universities as generously as they used to. Furthermore, a technological revolution is challenging higher education’s business model. An explosion in online learning – much of it free – means that the knowledge once imparted to a lucky few is now available to anyone with a smartphone or laptop.

These financial and technological disruptions coincide with a third great change: whereas universities used to educate just a small elite, they are now responsible for training and retraining workers throughout their careers. How will they survive this storm – and what will emerge in their place if they don’t?

The issue will carry revised and substantially extended versions of selected papers presented at the 26thBusiness & Economics Society International Conference, but we also strongly encourage researchers unable to participate in the conference to submit articles for this call.

Suitable topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Higher education and costs
• Higher education and governmental support
• Higher education and technology
• The impact of the various clouds
• Online education: positives and negatives

Important Dates
Submission of manuscripts: 30 June, 2015