Abstract:
Higher education institutions are responding to globalisation in various ways. This study describes and
analyses challenges encountered in a recent case of global collaboration between four universities on different
continents in developing a web-based master's program. The key issue was how to develop programs in a way
that is fair for the different countries involved. The focus of the paper is on tensions between local and national
contexts, rules and resources and the creation of a common global program. 'Agency', 'structure' and 'frame
factor' are used as analytical concepts to help understand the dynamics of the collaboration and the character
of the program.
