Globalization of Higher Education; Various Dimensions

Globalization trend makes a transnational nature for scientific and technical capacities in the world and recognized as one of the main challenges of higher education in developing countries. This phenomenon by introducing a wide area in front of overseas education services, lead some developed countries toward direct foreign investment in education with the aim of scientific cooperation with other countries, improvement of manpower quality, access to skills in new places, students selection for internal universities, reduce costs, using a more liberal transaction and new investment environments. There are numerous stimulating factors to promote higher education over the world. One of these factors can be cited as the emergence of information communications technology. Geographical boundaries are eliminated by this technology so that applicants can achieve required education services from universities in another corner of the world. Thus globalization will be an opportunity only if the higher education units overcome their inefficiencies, otherwise the flood of globalization will attracts the applicants (students) and training providers (teachers and elite staff). This article reviews dimensions of higher education globalization focuses on continuously developments and changes of the world.