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The Residual Impact of Information Technology Exportation on Thai Higher Education[*]

Michael Miller

Mei-Yan Lu

Thapanee Thammetar

Arthur E. Levine, President of the Teachers College of Columbia University suggested that “several major forces today have the power to transform the nation’s colleges and universities.” Levine (2000) further identified “shifting demographics, new technologies, the entrance of commercial organizations into higher educa­tion, the changing relationships between col­leges and the federal and state governments, and the move from an industrial to an informa­tion society” as these forces. Information tech­nology (IT) is more than just one of those forces; it has enabled or influenced all the others.

The purposes of this article are to report briefly on IT in U.S. higher education and the process of IT integration in American higher education; to describe IT in Thai higher educa­tion, its future direction and means of achieving its goals; and to consider the potential impact of IT exportation on Thai higher education.