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Pharma Letter - Brazil's CAPES joins forces with Sanofi to provide scholarship students with training in research centers abroad
Brazil’s Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) and French drug major Sanofi (Euronext: SAN) have established a partnership under the Science without Borders program, that will allow Brazilian researchers holding a PhD to receive training in international research centers and will also provide trainee positions abroad to undergraduate and PhD students, in subsidiaries of the company.
CoolAvenues.com - US Universities visits IIMK to strengthen educational ties with India
Indian Institute of Management (IIMK) hosted 12 US University administrators brought by US- India Educational Foundation (USIEF) at their Satellite Campus in Kochi on March 19, 2013. US Universities aspire to strengthen relationship with Indian Institutes to expand educational ties with India.
GlobalHigherEd - Globalizing MOOCs
After nearly 12 years living in the United States, I continue to be perplexed by this country. The US is an amazing place when it it comes to unleashing and scaling up a multiplicity of innovations related to higher education.
The PIE News - FCC launches joint visa centre, Singapore
Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Canada and the US are to launch a first-of-a-kind joint visa centre in Singapore, to support clients with their applications.
The PIE News - Carol Stax Brown, Community Colleges for International Development (USA)
US community colleges welcomed around 90,000 international students in 2012, and Community Colleges for International Development (CCID) supports those institutions seeking to expand internationally. We talk to president Carol Stax Brown.
CIHE - International Student Mobility in the United States
the U.S. hosted 764,795 international students in 2011/12, an increase of 3.7 percent from the previous year. International students in the U.S. now make up 19 percent of the world’s globally mobile students, and as university campus enrollments grow, so does the proportion of students enrolling in them from abroad. The number of U.S. students studying abroad reached 273,996 in 2010/11, an increase of 1.3 percent over the prior year and an increase of 78
Community College Times - The need to serve 'mal-employed' immigrants
On college campuses, much of the focus regarding immigration has focused on helping young, undocumented students attain legal status so they can pursue a higher education. But there’s another sector of immigrants that educators, workforce experts and policymakers are starting to look at more closely: Those have come to the U.S. with college credentials and experience in growing career fields.
The Chronicle of Higher Education - Student Aid Can Be Awarded for 'Competencies,' Not Just Credit Hours
It's official: Colleges can now award federal student aid based on measured "competencies," not just credit hours. In a letter sent to colleges on Tuesday, the U.S. Education Department told them they may apply to provide federal student aid to students enrolled in "competency-based" programs and spelled out a process for doing so.
CBPP - Recent Deep State Higher Education Cuts May Harm Students and the Economy for Years to Come
As states prepare their budgets for the coming year, they face the challenge of reinvesting in public higher education systems after years of damaging cuts — the product of both the economic downturn and states’ reluctance to raise additional revenues. In the past five years, state cuts to higher education funding have been severe and almost universal
NAFSA - Why Don’t More Americans Study in Europe?
At a meeting in Germany recently, Secretary of State John Kerry was asked by a former exchange program participant to comment on why fewer Americans seek an exchange experience in Europe than Europeans do in America. Secretary Kerry said, “That’s a really good question…. I need to find out.” He referred to the importance that the Administration attaches to scholarships for study abroad, and he said more scholarships are needed.
The Salt Lake Tribune - University of Utah moves ahead with South Korea campus
University of Utah trustees signed off on a plan this week to open its first international branch campus in a project subsidized by the South Korean government.
Above the Law - Some Students Want Their Deans Fired After Poor Showing In The U.S. News Rankings (And One Head That’s Already Rolled)
One reason law schools care about the U.S. News law school rankings so much is because prospective law students care about the U.S. News law school rankings. The other reason is that people get fired when their schools drop too long and too far in the rankings
The Independent - Studying in the US: "It's a carpe diem moment"
US universities are embracing a once-in-a-generation opportunity to attract British students
University World News - Two international centres boost agriculture research
Two international centres aimed at boosting research and education in fields of agriculture, and involving universities from America and France, are to be set up in West Africa. One in Ghana will focus on agribusiness and the other in Senegal on adapting agriculture to climate change.
The Australian - NYU's global ambition draws criticism
Arguably no university has been as ambitious in expanding its global footprint as New York University, which has opened degree-granting liberal arts campuses in Abu Dhabi and now Shanghai, and is rapidly enlarging its network of “study away” sites to encompass 11 other locations on six continents.
The PIE News - Lack of information hampering UK and US study abroad
Despite a growing interest in studying abroad, UK and US students are not getting enough information on the opportunities available to them, a new report from the British Council has claimed.
NYTimes. - Bigger Proportion of U.S. Students Interested in Going Overseas
The percentage of American students who say they want to study overseas is almost three times that of their British counterparts, according to a new study that the British Council’s research arm, Education Intelligence, released last week during the Going Global conference in Dubai.
Inside Higher Ed - NYU establishes campuses and sites around the globe
Arguably no university has been as ambitious in expanding its global footprint as New York University, which has opened degree-granting liberal arts campuses in Abu Dhabi and now Shanghai, and is rapidly enlarging its network of “study away” sites to encompass 11 other locations on six continents.
University World News - What motivates Brits and Americans to study abroad?
Students from the UK and US have different reasons for overseas study. British students say a major motivation is to work abroad and prepare for a career with international companies, while most US students viewed a period abroad as an opportunity to travel and explore other cultures, with less emphasis on the academic experience or job prospects afterwards.
Baltimore Business Journal - Johns Hopkins to train researchers at Chinese university
Johns Hopkins experts will help train clinical researchers in China through a new partnership with Sun Yat-sen University.
University World News - How to grow international undergraduate student numbers
The global student mobility landscape is in constant flux and is often influenced by external factors beyond the control of higher education institutions. Consider how a combination of changes in the external environment, including demographics and economic growth, has influenced the patterns of the top senders of international students to the United States.
OregonLive.com - We need to recommit to international education
Few of us at colleges and universities need to be sold on the importance of international education. Hundreds of thousands of U.S. students study abroad each year, bringing back broader perspectives, enhanced language skills and new tools for effectiveness in an increasingly global workplace and society.
Newsweek - Should Top U.S. Colleges Expand Overseas?
Sometime next week, New York University’s president, John Sexton, will face a no-confidence vote by his faculty. The affable Sexton has led an ambitious expansion campaign, building what is called the “Global Network University” overseas with a new campus in Abu Dhabi, one under construction in Shanghai, and 16 others planned on six continents.
Inside Higher Ed - International educators consider the challenges in integrating students from abroad
In interviews with 40 international students at four research universities, Chris R. Glass was struck by the relative absence of Americans from his subjects' stories
Palgrave Macmillan - International Students and Scholars in the United States
Written by an international team of academics and experienced practitioners, this volume brings together scholarship on international academic migrants to the United States - the world's top recipient of academic talent.
US News - Explore Housing Options for International Community College Students
International students looking to attend community college in the United States may have one greater challenge than their peers headed to four-year institutions: housing.
AIEA - America’s Community Colleges Must be Globally Engaged
America’s community colleges have been slow to come to the global education table. With a mandate to focus primarily on the needs of local communities, global education, at first blush, must seem quite far removed from the concerns and priorities of community colleges.
Times Higher Education - US aims to engage Muslim world via higher education
The idea of “education diplomacy” has “really arrived” at the highest levels of American foreign policy, a US State Department official has told an international higher education conference
Wall Street Journal - Innovation in Liberal Arts in Higher Education
Pericles Lewis is founding president and professor of humanities at Yale-NUS College, a joint venture between Yale University and National University of Singapore, to open in August.
USC News - USC delegation to open university’s 8th international office in São Paulo
USC President C. L. Max Nikias is leading a delegation of deans and trustees this week to Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, where USC will open its eighth international office. This move will place USC among a small number of prestigious U.S. universities with offices in and official ties to Brazil, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard and Columbia universities.