News and updates from the world of international education.
Internationalization
Isabel Wilkerson, the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and NAFSA 2017 Annual Conference & Expo plenary speaker, discusses the perspective her work, her travels, and her study of U.S. history have given her on the world and international higher education.
Study abroad, international education, and intercultural education are experiential learning avenues offered to students as a rich opportunity to fulfill a general education course requirement on diversity while having a life-changing experience.
When an intercampus partnership—international or domestic—is still going strong after five decades, that’s worth a closer look for any institution looking to work productively and sustainably with another.
A critical mass of research findings is pointing toward the quantitative and qualitative advantages of greater geographical and ethnic diversity, including stronger research and more innovation.
New Zealand is an Anglophone country with a disproportionate number of universities for its small population that has transformed its higher education sector into a major export industry.
Alan Ruby, a senior fellow and senior scholar of the Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy, shares his perspective on the state of the field and why research findings must guide its practice.
Many U.S. colleges and universities are revising their international student recruitment approaches to reach more students in Africa.
The challenge is how to create pathways for students to develop empathy both in and out of the classroom.