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21 novembre 2017

Over 186,000 Indian students in US, but growth rate drops

By Shuriah Niazi. The number of Indian students studying in the United States has nearly doubled in the last five years to more than 186,000, according to Open Doors data published last week. However, the growth rate of 12.3% in 2016-17 was the lowest in three years. More...

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21 novembre 2017

New international student numbers decline for first time

By Karen MacGregor. The number of new international students in the United States declined by 3% in 2016-17 – dropping for the first time in the 12 years since the Open Doors survey of the Institute of International Education has reported new enrolments. But the overall number of international students rose by 3% to 1.08 million and Americans studying abroad increased by 4%. More...

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21 novembre 2017

How the US can stem decline in international students

By Rahul Choudaha. New enrolment of undergraduate and graduate international students at American universities and colleges for 2016-17 declined by 2.1% or nearly 5,000 students, according to the recent Open Doors data released by the Institute of International Education. This excludes the decline with non-degree programmes. More...

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21 novembre 2017

Crisis to opportunity: Rehumanising internationalisation

By Jenny J Lee. A warning bell went off this past week when the Institute of International Education Open Doors reported a 3% decrease in new international students at American universities and colleges during 2016-17. While seemingly insignificant, this was the first drop since the IIE Open Doors has reported new enrolments over the past 12 years. More...

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21 novembre 2017

Why a boycott of universities does not make sense

By Roger Chao Jr. As a result of the ongoing challenges related to the Rohingya situation in Myanmar, there have been calls from academics to cut ties with Myanmar’s higher education institutions. At a time when Myanmar has just started to open up to the international community, progressed towards a more democratic governance system and started reconstructing its entire education system, this call to cut ties is not at all helpful. More...

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21 novembre 2017

The politics of quality assurance in higher education

By Aurelija Valeikienė. In an age of mass and increasingly internationalised higher education, it has become the norm that both universities and quality assurance agencies are subject to external scrutiny. Yet it is becoming increasingly difficult to assess quality and to demonstrate the impact of external quality assurance. More...

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21 novembre 2017

World-class universities and the global common good

By Simon Marginson. The OECD publishes data on the contribution of higher education to relational common goods. The consistent story is that higher education contributes to graduate agency which in turn builds sociability. For example, there is a close association between graduation and possessing skills in information and communications technology – electronic sociability. More...

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21 novembre 2017

Foreign students ‘sent from heaven’ – former minister

By Jan Petter Myklebust. Sofie Carsten Nielsen, Denmark’s minister for higher education and science in 2014-15 and now a spokesperson for the radical left party, has proposed a grant order to encourage international students receiving Danish financing to stay and work in the country after graduating. More...

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21 novembre 2017

Academics at one more university resist online courses

By Beckie Supiano, The Chronicle of Higher Education. Professors at Eastern Michigan University in the United States are objecting to its partnership with a private company to market and support online programmes, making it the latest institution to grapple with questions about the quality of online instruction. More...

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21 novembre 2017

Universities clarify cooperation with industry, society

By Michael Gardner. University heads in Germany have adopted a resolution clarifying cooperation between higher education, industry and society at their members’ assembly in Potsdam. More...

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