The International Association of Universities (IAU), a global Higher Education membership-based organisation set up in 1950 under the auspices of UNESCO, counting today more than 650 members between universities and other organisations, is currently conducting its 5th Global Survey on Internationalization of Higher Education. More...
By Michael Gardner. Nineteen years into the Bologna Process, Germany can look back on a bumpy transition to Europe-wide recognised university degrees, but has also experienced increasing popularity as a country to study in. However, the AfD (Alternative für Deutschland), the country’s largest opposition party, wants to see a U-turn in internationalisation. More...By Goolam Mohamedbhai. Recently, there has been an interesting debate in University World News on the future of internationalisation of higher education. Philip Altbach and Hans de Wit predict a halt, if not an end, to the process, especially in Europe and North America. More...By Jane Knight. Extensive research over the past five years provides solid evidence that international programme and provider mobility (IPPM) is increasing in scope and scale. More...By Alex Usher. Of late, there have been increasing notes of concern sounded about the fate of higher education internationalisation. In particular, there is a fear that a host of political changes around the world pose a threat to internationalisation, a suggestion which was made by Hans de Wit in a commentary and together with Philip Altbach in another commentary in the pages of University World News over the past few weeks. More...By Hans de Wit. On 23 February, Philip Altbach and I wrote a commentary in University World News on the challenges confronting higher education internationalisation, asking ourselves if the era of internationalisation of the past 25 years was coming to an end or at least was on life support. And on 9 March, we wrote a commentary in which we expressed our concerns about the closing of China and its potential impact on higher education. More...By Nic Mitchell. Talk of ‘the era of higher education internationalisation’ being in its death throes or, at least, ‘on life support’ were dismissed at the opening of the 2018 International Higher Education Forum organised by Universities UK International. More...On 4 May 2018, the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) will organise an international symposium on the topic "Internationalisation of Universities and the National Language". This symposium fits into the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of KU Leuven as a Flemish university. More...
By . Some of you may have seen an article earlier this week from Phil Altbach and Hans De Wit (the former and current Directors of the Centre for Higher Education at Boston College). Do read the whole thing, but in brief, the authors are wondering whether or not higher education’s “era of internationalization” is coming to an end, citing a variety of issues popping up across around the world. More...
By Philip G Altbach and Hans de Wit. The global landscape for higher education internationalisation is changing dramatically. What one might call ‘the era of higher education internationalisation’ over the past 25 years (1990–2015) that has characterised university thinking and action might either be finished or, at least, be on life support. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
