International Higher Education Consulting Blog
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Disability Inclusion as Part of your Brand - Disability is a natural part of diversity. But could it be that it’s such a natural part that we’ve nearly forgotten it at times? Or perhaps there is an un...
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Research digest for practitioners: February 2018 - With the recent online publication of the February 2018 Journal of Studies in International Education it’s time for another post in the blog series that ...2 years ago
International Education and Related Blogs
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UK: New boarding school enrolments down - A new survey has reported a 20% decline in the number of new students at UK boarding schools in comparison with enrolments in 2019. The post UK: New boar...2 hours ago
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Rafael Hernandez: Cuba-U.S. Relations for Beginners, I - IV - Cuba-United States relations for beginners (I) One thing is each one’s respectable opinion and another, quite different, is to understand the nature of t...8 hours ago
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Music for honoring and nurturing connection - Categories: Best Of Stories Image: Connection: sharing ideas, sharing stories, sharing time with friends and family is a powerful and lasting aspect of l...21 hours ago
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“Learning English at school, a mandatory chore that leads nowhere” - An excellent article about the status of English instruction in Viet Nam in which I’m quoted. Here’s my 8.9.20 article about this issue: Missing the forest...1 day ago
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Why Study at the University of Colorado Denver? - Centrally located in the U.S., Denver, Colorado is known for having an overall progressive attitude. The people are friendly, the city is livable, and it...3 days ago
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Shuttling between Paris and Champagne - I’ve been lucky enough to be shuttling between two of my favorite places in France (and I guess therefore in the world) this month: Paris, and “my” little ...
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Abroadia “Global Thoughts” Speaker Series – September 15th at 2:00pm EST - I’ve been a fan of Tom Millington and his perspectives on the field of international higher education for a long time and I was honored when he invited me ...1 week ago
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Students Have got to vote!!! - Reported today in the Times Higher Education: US students overwhelmingly backing Biden and determined to vote Source: iStock US college students overwhelmi...3 weeks ago
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Joe Biden’s Education Policy - Let’s take a look at what education under a Biden presidency may look like. According to Anne Dennon’s article of July 20, 2020 posted on Best Colleges, Jo...5 weeks ago
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FDH Bank Launches a Scholarship Fund for Malawi University of Science and Technology - In 2017, FDH Bank pledged MK62.5 million in funding to support 10 students studying at the Malawi University for Science and Technology (MUST). William Mpi...1 month ago
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The Four Phases of Preparing for A Virtual Event - Beginner's guide to the four phases of preparing for a virtual event: design for online, draft a plan, test and practice, and communicate with attendees....1 month ago
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How will the COVID-19 crisis affect the global rankings? - My article has just been published in University World News. You can read there and comment here.1 month ago
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"Employability in the 21st century" - EAIE Forum magazine editorial - It is hard to deny that employability is a hot topic in higher education. And yet, discussions around employability within the academy are never without co...2 months ago
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Humildad, sentido común y voluntad de cambio, la mejor enseñanza del coronavirus - El COVID-19 ha trastocado nuestra cotidianidad. Centenas de miles de fallecidos, más de cuatro millones de contaminados en casi dos centenas de países, so...
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Knowledge Management: an expanded role for higher ed in a changing world - In a post back in 2006 entitled What business are we in?, I suggested that a broader definition of the business of higher education might be Knowledge Mana...4 months ago
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“A Class of Public Servants” - Twenty-nine African Leaders of Tomorrow scholars from across Canada met virtually this week to share the results of their research and studies in public ...4 months ago
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The Online International Education Career Academy (IECA) is HERE! - After 8 long months of work to prepare the re-launch of the International Education Career Academy – we are officially open for registration. The IECA is a...6 months ago
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International Travel Changes over the Past Decade - A look back at the past decade in faculty-led education abroad must include changes in international travel. Here are a few from the vast experience of the...7 months ago
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2019 International Education Predictions and Outcomes - It’s the most wonderful time of the year: time to revisit our 2019 predictions. Each year we come up with a list of predictions related to the world of i...9 months ago
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College in America - what is a Liberal Arts education, and is it for you? - So, you are looking at American universities, but aren’t sure what you want to study. You’re interested in multiple subjects and don’t know which you want ...
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Vanuatu, New Zealand, and U.S. Experts Lecture on Pacific Cuisine, the Right to Food, and International Law - Mr. Robert Oliver (celebrity host), Mr. Leonid Vusilai (Season 1 winner),. Ms. Votausi Mackenzie-Reur (Vanuatu co-host), Professor George Edwards (Indiana ...1 year ago
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NACAC: International Undergraduate Enrollment Trends and Strategies - Political turbulence and the resulting effect on the decline of international student enrollment and revenue is the new normal for many higher education in...
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New Research Blog - I'm coming up to the end of my contract at Leeds, so it feels like a good time to make a fresh start with a new (hopefully more frequently updated) researc...2 years ago
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The College Graduation Challenge - This New York Times piece below describes the challenge, Farther Foundation is addressing it. Our students are attending college at a 99% rate and persisti...2 years ago
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Repeat After Me - When it comes to telling stories about study abroad, repetition is a good thing.Photo by Ján Jakub Naništa on Unsplash Our goal at *Via *TRM is to engage #...2 years ago
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Malaysia’s International Education by 2020 and Beyond: Re-examining Concept, Targets and Outcome - Editor’s note: This guest entry has been kindly contributed by Professor Dato’ Dr Morshidi Sirat. Morshidi was the former Director-General of Higher Educat...2 years ago
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September 2017 – New Resources - ACE has added several new resources to the INCI site. Under Comprehensive Internationalization – “Mapping Internationalization on U.S. Campuses – 2017 Repo...2 years ago
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EducationUSA: Tips about Visas and the Application Process 9/5/17 - Obtaining a visa may seem complicated or daunting at first, but there are many resources available to make the process go smoothly. In the first video, Con...3 years ago
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Reclaiming university autonomy - UNIVERSITY autonomy is again back on the front burner. Ideas and Yayasan Sime Darby will be hosting next week the National Higher Education Conference 20...3 years ago
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Welcoming the Right Honourable Helen Clark to NAFSA 2017 - By Esther Brimmer I am delighted to share the news that the Right Honourable Helen Clark, former administrator of the United Nations Development Programme ...3 years ago
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A collective belief in the value of international education - INTO University Partnerships was founded on the principle that education has the power to transform the lives of our students, university communities and e...3 years ago
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Students Experience Bridger Bowl Ski Day - Have you ever experienced downhill skiing in Montana? It is a great sport! Recently a group of 12 international students from Korea, Turkey, and China vent...3 years ago
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Absence Thinking and the Future of Higher Education: Thoughts From the IAU General Conference - Recently in Bangkok the International Association of Universities (IAU), the UNESCO-based association of higher education institutions, held its 15th Gen...3 years ago
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AFS awarded for humanitarian work and intercultural programs - AFS Intercultural Programs has been honored by the 2016 Franco-American Award of Blérancourt for our humanitarian efforts during World Wars…3 years ago
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On diversity as a resource for learning - Is it exploitative to view international students as a learning resource for home students? There is in my view a problematic tension inherent in the conce...3 years ago
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The Bunche-Fulbright Line for International Education - Success is often measured by how far someone has gone or how much money they have made. Obviously, failure would be the opposite of this. But what happen...4 years ago
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International Higher Ed in facts and figures - “Universities UK and the International Unit have collaborated to produce their annual overview of key statistics about international students and Higher Ed...4 years ago
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Korea Times Article: Recklessly Recruiting Chinese Studnets - This article looks at the local (Korean) perspective of excessive international student recruitment and its impact. http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/na...4 years ago
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The Wonder of Google - By Yves Salomon-Fernandez It’s not every day that I get to have this type of a mesmerizing experience through the course of my work. Of course students rea...4 years ago
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Sustainable Population through Immigration - Current events in the news sees significant international movements or migration of people for various reasons, pull and push factors etc.. However, be ca...4 years ago
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First-Year Retention Rates - [image: First-Year-Retention-Rates.jpg] First-year retention rates measure the percent of first-year undergraduate students who return for their second y...4 years ago
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Congressional Internships – Ideal Building Blocks - In Working World, Mark and I discuss the importance of having “building blocks” on your resume. These are experiences that show you have survived a rigorou...5 years ago
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VP Biden visits utility s job training for US veterans in Oakland - OAKLAND, California Vice President Joe Biden told US veterans undergoing job training that American companies that left to seek better business conditions ...5 years ago
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Student Perspective: 23 days of change - Jackie Jorgensen, the Eagles Abroad marketing intern, writes: I never knew 23 days could change my life; in just 23 days my perspective on this world was g...5 years ago
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Factors in International Student Decision Making - International students might come from far and wide but they mostly have the same expectations for the schools that they apply to. Prospective students r...5 years ago
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Realignments in International Education - In my final blog on the Sage Handbook of international Higher Education, I thought it appropriate to review some of the concluding themes in the volume’s f...6 years ago
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Office Situation Update/2012 Holiday Schedule - I am pleased to announce that our office is fully operational again. Regarding our holiday schedule: Please note that Global Current will be closed from Mo...7 years ago
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Exploring SKY, LIGHT, PEACE and DUSK in Kyoto - I’ve been in Kyoto, Japan for about two weeks now. This place is magical! Little did I know that autumn is one of the most beautiful times of year, with th...7 years ago
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How To Avoid Becoming a Pseudo Global Citizen - A university official running global programs lamented in his blog that global citizenship, a term that is meant to convey concern for global social justic...8 years ago
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