For the past year, I have had the opportunity to innovate by focusing on building partnerships to deliver education in new markets for academic and professional development – stepping outside of the traditional in-country models. Cultivating relationships and establishing foundations for future growth was exciting and spoke of promise for unique approaches and modes to educational export across academia, government agencies, and the private sector. Building upon years of student pipeline development and innovative ways for student engagement and success, the change was refreshing – and above all promising.
Essential to this innovation has been knowledge – but knowledge is everywhere. Making sense of that knowledge and drinking from that Pierian Spring is key for navigating the present milieu in which we find ourselves within the global complexities and promises of International Education.
Understanding the challenges, both externally and internally, while important, are only a part of the picture. The voices of the students, the growth sectors, the shifting markets and economies, and the political landscape – and many others – also play a role for what lies upon the horizon.
Each week, The International Digest™ brings together news from across the world, from a variety of sources, on international education. This week highlights the importance of international education with remarks from the Regional Chancellor of USF; debates the complexities of China’s impact in student mobility and HE structure; a throwback (all the way to March of this year) on the continuing debate of the role of agents in international recruitment; and the growing focus on IE’s importance in policy and secondary education.