A new publication about international education and student mobility from IIE

Dear Colleagues,
The Institute of International Education (IIE) is pleased to announce the
release of a major new publication:
Student Mobility and the Internationalization of Higher Education: National
Policies and Strategies from Six World Regions.
The book, available for purchase at IIEBooks, provides an extensive look at
what 17 countries are doing at the national, institutional and university
level to attract more international students to their higher education
institutions and to send more of their students abroad.

According to OECD, over 3.3 million students are currently studying outside
of their own country, a 65 percent increase since 2000. While international
mobility among students and scholars is not a new phenomenon, new trends
have emerged in the last decade and continue to shape a rapidly changing
landscape in international higher education. To assess these dynamic trends,
Student Mobility and the Internationalization of Higher Education draws upon
the members of Project Atlas, a unique global community of host country
partner organizations and research affiliates organized by IIE ten years ago
with funding from the Ford Foundation.
Today Project Atlas represents 21 national-level governmental,
non-governmental, and international organizations engaged in international
education research and exchange, sharing harmonized and current data on
student mobility. The project is currently supported by the Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State and each
member organization.
Student Mobility and the Internationalization of Higher Education is divided
into six sections by world region: Sub-Saharan Africa, The Americas, Asia,
Europe, Oceania and the Middle East/North Africa. Each of the country
reports is authored by a Project Atlas partner, reflecting their in-depth
knowledge of that country's internationalization strategies: the chapters
include reviews of current polices and the most recent student mobility
data.
Some regional trends highlighted and expanded upon in the book include:

- Africa: The number of students studying in Africa from outside of the
region is much smaller than the number of outbound African students. Among
African countries, South Africa is the leading host destination.
- The Americas: After Europe, the Americas host the largest number of
international students, but have a low outbound mobility ratio compared to
other world regions.

- Asia: While many countries in the region have experienced "brain drain" in
the past, a number of Asian countries have recently emerged as important
higher education destinations, attracting large numbers of students from
within the region and from Europe and North America.
- Europe: Some European countries are prioritizing the retention of local
talent, while others aim to continue to internationalize universities by
recruiting students from Europe and other regions.

- Oceania: In Australia and New Zealand, the largest host countries in the
region, the enrollment of international students as a percentage of total
higher education enrollments is the highest in the world.

- Middle East/North Africa: Today, the Middle East is the leading host
region of branch campuses of foreign universities, and has seen the opening
of new world-class institutions.

For more information or to purchase the book, please visit:
http://www.iie.org/publications


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