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June, 2005
| International Education Report, June-2005, Full Issue … |
| Reading the Tea Leaves: The Future of International Education Currently, two million students study outside their countries. That number is expected to increase to eight million by 2025. International students make up between two and four percent of all legal international entries into the United States. |
| Exchange Program Links Two Complementary Institutions When Martin Bressler was developing the curriculum for an international business major at Thomas College in Maine, he began looking into international exchange to enhance student learning, a process that in a few years would result in a formal student and faculty exchange program with an institution in France. |
| The Reason Why - Letter from the Editor Last month I interviewed Professor Joe Brockington of Kalamazoo College. He was describing the attention that people sometimes need when they’re coming home from a foreign country. “I’ve learned everyone comes back at a different rate,” he said. “Some don’t come back all the way for years. Some never come back all the way…. |
| Regional Studies or Global Studies? By William I. Brustein, PhD., University of Pittsburgh For the past four years I have been serving as the Director of the University Center for International Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. In my capacity as the University of Pittsburgh’s chief international education administrator my primary responsibility is the supervision of 19 academic centers and programs including five U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Centers. Four of the five centers focus on the study of world regions (i.e.,Western Europe, Russia and Eastern Europe, East Asia, and Latin America.) Western Europe,… |
| Exchange Brings International Experience to Department Since 1995 George Brown College in Toronto has had a framework for international work, most of it focused on recruiting international students. However, with an infusion of new resources, the college looked at ways to internationalize by sending faculty overseas. |
| National Security and International Exchange By Norman J. Peterson, Ph.D. Recently, the Alliance for International Educational and Cultural Exchange took the unprecedented step of running a full-page ad in the New York Times calling attention to the value of the international educational and cultural exchange programs in promoting U.S. national security. It is an important issue and one that deserves more consideration by higher education leaders. |
