Last week, I attended The New Work Era Summit hosted by The Atlantic. Although international education was not the main focus of the event, there was a short conversation about the need for employees to have a global mindset and cultural skills in addition to the more technical skills needed in today’s workforce. During the [...]
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Is Having a Global Mindset as Important as Technical Skills in Today’s Economy?
Posted in Advocacy, Internationalization, Study Abroad, tagged competitiveness, global workforce on July 28, 2011 | 14 Comments »
Germany and the Competition for Globally Mobile Students
Posted in Foreign Students & Scholars, Internationalization, Study Abroad, tagged British Council, Germany, Global Gauge, global mobility on March 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I still vividly remember the trip to Germany during which I learned that some higher education institutions there were offering course work, and in some cases entire degrees, in English as well as in German. It was 1998, and even then, from the German perspective, it made perfect sense. I say even then because at [...]
Getting It Right: The Need for a National Dialogue on Comprehensive Internationalization
Posted in Internationalization, tagged American Association of Colleges and Universities, American Council on Education, Comprehensive Internationalization, NAFSA Task Force on February 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
There have been some interesting discussions recently about the future of internationalization of U.S. higher education. From more than one quarter, including a recent NAFSA task force last fall, it is being suggested that the time is ripe for a broad national discussion built on the momentum international education has achieved in the past few [...]
International Education Spotlight: West Virginia
Posted in Advocacy, Guest Post, Internationalization, tagged Marshall University, West Virginia on September 27, 2010 | 5 Comments »
By Clark Egnor Internationalizing a college campus is not easy work, but in a state like West Virginia where we have so many financial, cultural, and demographic challenges, it’s especially challenging. For example, study abroad is a hard sell in a state that has the second lowest personal income per capita among the 50 states, [...]
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