Impact of Internationalisation
Inside Higher Ed - Speakers consider best practices for internationalizing highly regulated professional degree programs
Faculty and administrators discussed strategies for internationalizing professional programs at a best practices conference sponsored by the Institute of International Education.
The Chronicle of Higher Education - Rethinking the Bottom Line for Internationalization: What Are Students Learning?
For many, if not most, institutions, “success” in internationalization is a bit of a numbers game. It is defined by the number of students going abroad, the number of international students and the amount of revenue they generate, and the number of campuses abroad or courses offered with an international focus.
CIHE - Finally, an Internationalization Policy for Canada
In 2011, the Canadian federal government announced plans to develop and launch Canada’s first international education strategy, including the creation of an advisory panel. The panel’s 2012 report outlines a balanced strategy to increase international student recruitment while also supporting the international mobility of Canadian students.
HEA - Strategic affinity: engaging international alumni to support internationalisation
A report on the latest trends in internationalisation and international alumni relations.
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.
The Chronicle of Higher Education - Why Higher-Education Accreditors Need International Offices
How to make sure that educational programs that originate in one country but are delivered in another are of high quality?
The Globe and Mail - One student, two countries, two degrees
Eager to launch an international career in brand management or consulting, 23-year-old Alexandra Gow hopes to catch an employer’s eye by earning two business degrees at once – in Canada and Spain.
Yle Uutiset - English-language invasion troubles Finnish academia
Today more and more university courses are being offered in English but not everyone's happy about the development, which is seen as undermining Finland's official languages.
Decan Herald - African students often victims of racism, stereotyping
Twenty-three-year-old Richie Ronsard left his home in the Congo two years ago to fulfil his childhood dream of obtaining a degree from an established instutute in the India. The reality check was not long in comming.
CBIE – CBIE launches a new Code of Ethical Practice for a new era
The Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) is pleased to announce its new Code of Ethical Practice. CBIE is Canada’s central organization in the field of international education with a membership spanning the country and the education sector.
IPPR - An avalanche is coming: Higher education and the revolution ahead
This wide-ranging essay aims to provoke creative dialogue and challenge complacency in our traditional higher education institutions.
University World News - New scholarship programme for developing nations
Denmark has launched a scholarship programme for developing countries, initially targeting students from Ghana, Kenya, Nepal, Tanzania and Uganda. It is part of a comprehensive internationalisation of higher education strategy being developed by the government.
University World News - Higher education as soft power in the age of autonomy
Higher education is often seen as playing a ‘soft power’ role in international relations. But it is not easy for governments to co-opt universities, and soft power can be both positive and negative, an international higher education conference in Dubai heard this week.
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.
New York Times - A Global Curriculum for a Globalized Era
Like many ambitious Indian students hoping to head overseas, 17-year-old Anmol Bhansali fretted about university admissions. That worry receded in December when he gained an early-decision acceptance to the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
Globaltimes.cn - China approves 1,780 internationally cooperative education projects
A total of 1,780 educational institutions and projects made possible through international cooperation were approved by China as of January, the Ministry of Education said Thursday.
Times Higher Education - British Council spies overseas 'hotspot' activity
Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates are the best places for British universities to set up overseas campuses or establish partnerships with local higher education providers, a study has found.
Euroscientist - Why academics need to know about internationalisation of industrial R&D
One of the report's recommendations relevant to academic research : Higher education reform. In many countries, education at the higher secondary level is based too much on providing general education, with the effect that there is a deficiency of workers with intermediate skills. A shift from general to more application oriented education could alleviate this problem.
Inside Higher Ed - The Internationalization Agenda
This year’s Association of International Education Administrators Annual Conference took as its theme “Re-imagining Higher Education in a Global Context” and sessions have focused on many of the phenomena that are propelling change, including the increasing interest in branch campuses and dual and joint degree programs, the potential of online learning, the consolidation of English as the lingua franca in academe, and the growth of private sector investment in international student recruitment and programming.
Times Higher Education - European University Institute's renaissance thinking
Jack Grove on a European institution's mission to foster cross-border scholarship
The PIE News - NZ: "learning experience" drives student satisfaction
A new report from New Zealand has found a very high correlation between overall international student satisfaction and the quality of a student’s learning experience—and that “living and support” services play a considerably smaller role.
OECD IMHE - New guide on internationalisation
Download the new guide on internationalisation: Approaches to Internationalisation and Their Implications for Strategic Management and Institutional Practice
Inside Higher Ed - Branch Campuses and Cross-Border Education: Asking the Right Questions
Recent entries on The World View from Liz Reisberg and Dennis Roberts and David Stanfield debate whether or not branch campuses are sustainable while agreeing about the complexity of cross-border activities that make them challenging to manage.
JSIE - Internationalization as De-Westernization of the Curriculum: The Case of Journalism at an Australian University
Internationalization of the curriculum points to the interdependent and interconnected (globalized) world in which higher education operates. However, while international awareness is crucial to the study of journalism, in practice this often means an Anglo-American curriculum based around Western principles of journalism education and training that are deeply rooted in Western values and traditions.
JSIE - The Development of International Student Recruitment Policies in Taiwan: A 60-Year Trajectory
In recent decades many East Asian countries have initiated ambitious policies to increase their global prominence as education hubs. This article examines the development of Taiwan’s international student recruitment policies from 1950 to 2011, exemplifying the case in a non-Western, non-English speaking context.
Compare - Emerging internationalisation models in an uneven global terrain: findings from a global survey
We know little about how internationalisation processes are understood, rationalised and prioritised in different parts of the world. A global survey of internationalisation in universities was undertaken at the University of Southampton to fill this gap. Its purpose was to discover how strategic leaders in universities in different parts of the world defined, rationalised and prioritised a range of familiar internationalisation approaches.
The Guardian - International success depends on collaboration, not just competition
For institutions that value student experience and its impact on employability in a global market, internationalisation means more than overseas recruitment, says Aldwyn Cooper.
University World News - Internationalisation begins with the curriculum
“You can’t have comprehensive internationalisation without internationalisation of the curriculum,” said Professor John Hudzik to a diverse gathering of academics and managers at a recent International Education Association of Australia (IEAA) event in Brisbane, Australia.
Inside Higher Ed - 1+1 equals less than 2: Sustaining overseas programs
Another overseas programs appears to be biting the dust. The University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) is not renewing its contract with the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT). This brings into question yet again why universities pursue these overseas ventures when they are rarely profitable and difficult to sustain.
University World News - Universities debate barriers to internationalisation
Japanese universities debate barriers to internationalisation.