By Ralph Wilcox. Cultivating a campus culture that embodies both global diversity and interconnectivity should be central to the mission of universities today. Reminders persist that our current environment and economy are not confined to our immediate geographic surroundings. Modern-day technologies, transportation, international trade, and politics significantly diminish distances that used to seem great. More...
By Marek Kwiek. The research productivity of Polish academics is strongly linked to international collaboration. The average productivity of Polish academics involved in international collaboration – ‘internationalists’ – is consistently higher than the rate of Polish ‘locals’ in all academic fields. Read more...
By Sara Custer. Prague’s position as an historical threshold between nations made it an ideal destination for some 5,000 delegates from 90 countries to meet for the European Association for International Education’s (EAIE) 26th annual conference last week. More...
By Simona Chiose. Ontario’s universities need to expand their reputations internationally as part of the province’s push for institutions to specialize, says the minister responsible for the province’s colleges and universities. Read more...
By Elizabeth Redden. An influx of governmental funding has helped fuel major increases in research capacity and scholarly productivity as well as impressive internationalization at Chinese research universities, but these institutions face significant challenges, including ones related to institutional autonomy and academic freedom, in their continuing quest to achieve “world-class” status. Read more...
By Hans de Wit. In 2011, I wrote two provocative essays. The first one, together with Uwe Brandenburg, had the provocative title “The End of Internationalisation”. We spoke of our concerns about an increasingly instrumentalist approach, a devaluation of the meaning of internationalisation and a lack of innovation, and warned that we should no longer take things for granted and that internationalisation needed to be reinvented for the future. Read more...By Robert Coelen. Dutch Minister for Education, Culture and Science Dr Jet Bussemaker has released a new vision for the internationalisation of education. It positions The Netherlands as a knowledge economy with a quality education system that offers opportunities for talented young people worldwide – who the country would like to attract permanently – and includes all levels of education. Read more.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
