The International Association of Universities has completed their 5th Global Survey. The results are the first assessment of changes in international higher education in the changing political climate of the Trump administration. In the words of Georgio Morinoni and Hans deWitt, "Regionalization has emerged from the survey results as a priority in all regions except North America. This is not surprising when the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has been dismissed by the current government and regional cooperation is diminishing with each passing month and insult from the US. president."
Although respondents to the Global Survey indicate a high priority on "enhanced international cooperation and capacity building," higher education institutions continue to focus narrowly on mobility as a response. This appears to be a short-sighted and limiting strategy in the face of the small number of students from U.S. institutions who study abroad and the relatively weak pattern of interaction among U.S. domestic students and international students when they are in their midst.
Although respondents to the Global Survey indicate a high priority on "enhanced international cooperation and capacity building," higher education institutions continue to focus narrowly on mobility as a response. This appears to be a short-sighted and limiting strategy in the face of the small number of students from U.S. institutions who study abroad and the relatively weak pattern of interaction among U.S. domestic students and international students when they are in their midst.
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