STRATEGIC PLANS AND GLOBALIZATION DISCOURSES: PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN CONNECTICUIT AS AN EXPRESSION OF GLOBALIZATION

This paper intends to study the effects of globalization on American higher education. It assesses organizational priorities of public universities in Connecticut with respect to globalization as represented formally in the institutional direction, goals, mission and values of American higher education. Public universities in Connecticut composed the data set. They were analyzed using the conceptual framework of globalization discourses. The data was quantitatively evaluated. Results revealed significant presence of globalization discourses in the strategic plans. It also evidenced the current institutional coping with decreasing public funds and difficult economy. This research is significant as applicable to social and organizational change in light of globalization in public universities.