UDC 37.014.5/25
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30839/2072-7941.2018.155557
THE ELITE QUALITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AS A
CONSEQUENCE OF GLOBAL INTERNATIONALIZATION
© DEBYCH, M. A.
Institute of Higher Education, National Academy of Educational Sciences
(Kyiv, Ukraine)
E-mail: m_debych@ukr.net, ORCID: 0000-0002-5999-3989
© HUMENNA, O. A.
Institute of Higher Education, National Academy of Educational Sciences
(Kyiv, Ukraine)
E-mail: enrietta@ukr.net, ORCID: 0000-0003-3644-8758

Abstract. The relevance of the research topic. After the World War II the leaders and
intellectuals of the world were forced to look for new principles and methods of management.
New theories for analysis of complex systems appeared. The D. Meadows? group from the
Club of Rome and other analysts discovered the fact of the deepening humanity in an
irreversible and deadly crisis. Up to now, economists and politicians have not offered a way to
guarantee rescue. However, there is a consensus that hopes can be linked to the development
of education and science in the world. The phrase “internationalization of higher education
(IHE)” is used more and more often, and the number of scientific works is growing rapidly.
However, in our opinion, the phenomenon of IHE is perceived superficially because of
inattention to the latest scientific achievements, which are not followed by humanities
scholars. This caused our interest and stimulated the desire to prove that global process of
IHE started in accordance with the laws of the evolution of industrial production.
The purpose of our study is to apply the theory of analysis of very large systems to the
phenomena of kinds and variants internationalization to obtain the most probable scenarios
for human progress. The task of the study is seen in the critical analysis of the trend we
noted in the process of training the PhD-level professional in space and time and transforming
the figure of a young worker from a national to an international “product” of the systems of
education and training. The methodology of the research was dictated by the chosen goal
and tasks under the pressure of the grandiose object – a complex of educational systems in a
globalized planet environment. This is due to the use of the means of many sciences, theories
of systemic research and a multidisciplinary approach in the conditions of global
evolutionism.
The results of the study in their essence, are still based on historical methods, in
conjunction with the achievements of young sciences – synergetics, theories of complex
systems, and others. An original table was created to match the agrarian, industrial and
informational societies – those within which the system of higher education had been
developed. The direction of its characterization has proven that the autonomy of universities
has been diminished at present, the size of the whole system and its orientation towards
political and economic demands have increased. It is indicated at the time when the high
school began to lose its national character and to acquire features of internationality. It is
noted that this coincided with the growth of the volume and impact of globalization and its
study mainly within the humanities. The widespread representation of the interaction
in higher education with the influences
of globalization and internationalization, the basic definitions and differentiation, etc. is
presented. The newest data on internationalization within the universities and far beyond them
in state and interstate institutions are presented.
The conclusions and recommendations formulated and proved the main hypothesis of our
study and its main result. It consists in the fact that the higher school in general began to
reproduce the path of industry with its variant of internationalization – a combination of
products of many countries. We argue that in higher education the division of time and space
of educational programs, institutions, places of internship, etc. began. Instead of ensuring PhD
competences within a single state, basic schooling is found to be more profitable in one place,
the profile secondary is in the other, the baccalaureate or master?s program in the country
“A”, postgraduate study somewhere in “B”, the final professional development in the best
world?s centers of MBA or some other training in London or Harvard. From this follows the
following conclusion: Ukraine?s resources are already inadequate for the preparation of
national personnel of the highest world quality. Such a “product” has already become
international.
Key words: the evolution of higher education, the crisis of mankind, the role of science
and higher education, globalization and internationalization, the quality of higher education,
PhD specialists as an international product.