摘要：Multifaceted developmental processes called by the generic name of “globalization” are changing social systems around the world. These changes have led to fundamental shifts in ideological contents and political practices of contemporary societies. This on-going global development requires cadres with new competences who are able to effectively function in the new institutional structures of public and private spheres. Thus, globalization has placed unprecedented requirements on higher education systems in the West and the East, in the North and the South.
