Universities And Globalization Processes. The Study “Young Universe” By The Generational Observatory Of The University Of Bari Aldo Moro

The Bologna process (1999) and the Lisbon Strategy (1997) emphasize that universities in their strategic development must incorporate a perspective that goes above and beyond the local and national, aiming at excellence in higher education in a globalized society (Bauman, 2001). Student mobility is therefore a basic component and one of the most obvious and important aspects and indicators of the internationalization of higher education. The Generational Observatory of the University of Bari Aldo Moro through its study "Young Universe" included a total of 10,730 students enrolled in the first year of degree courses at the University of Bari for the academic year 2014/2015, of which 39.2% were males and 60.8% females to monitor and study their behavior in relation to student mobility abroad. In this article we highlight the findings of the study.