IEM Spotlight Newsletter, Vol. 14, Issue 4 - April 2017 By: Mark Frederiks, PhD, Accreditation Organisation of The Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO) and the European Consortium for Accreditation in Higher Education (ECA) In Europe, joint programs play an important role

IEM Spotlight Newsletter, Vol. 14, Issue 4 - April 2017 By: John T. Crist, PhD, George Mason University Korea Among the many thousands of cross-border educational collaborations that exist around the world, the international branch campus (IBC) is the most

IEM Spotlight Newsletter, Vol. 14, Issue 4 - April 2017 By: Vasiliki Goudanas Mavroudhis, Northeastern University Transnational education (TNE) can take on various forms of delivery. For some people it might mean teaching partnerships, for others it might entail branch

IEM Spotlight Newsletter, Vol. 14, Issue 4 - April 2017 By: Thy Yang, Norwich University The development of sister school relationships between institutions from two or more countries is an established practice within higher education. Traditionally, formal agreements have been

In the international education sphere, “mobility” is a term that initially calls to mind the movement of students. However, advances in technology

IEM Spotlight Newsletter, Vol. 14, Issue 4 - April 2017 Anna Harrison Assistant Director of International Admissions, Duquesne University Where I live: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Where I was born: Cadiz, Spain Family: I have three sisters, one of whom is my

IEM Spotlight Newsletter, Vol. 14, Issue 4 - April 2017 Megan Lindle Admissions Officer, Undergraduate Admissions, University of Cincinnati Where I live: Cincinnati, Ohio Where I was born: Cincinnati, Ohio Family: I live with my husband and our two girls,

IEM Spotlight Newsletter, Vol. 14, Issue 4 - April 2017 By: Jane Knight, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto In the last two decades, there has been an exponential increase in all forms of international academic mobility,

This year, we are taking a detour from our country-based approach and instead focusing on key areas of interest within IEM. We begin the year with a focus on transnational education (TNE), which has become an increasingly critical aspect of the internationalization of higher education.

According to report author AACRAO: American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Offices, the data contained in this report, "Trending Topics Survey: International Applicants for Fall 2017 - Institutional and Applicant Perceptions ," provides "a brief glimpse into the number