International Association of Universities survey reveals regional differences

University World News carried a survey summary that looked at differences in strategy, funding and values related to internationalization efforts at universities around the world.  Most institutions reported placing academic goals at the center of their efforts while respondents in the Middle East and Africa expressed more focus on scientific integrity and research ethics. Concerns about equitable access to internationalization experiences among students was the consensus risk related to internationalization efforts.  Beyond access, "wide divergence among the regional responses becomes quickly evident, with African and Middle East institutions pointing to the brain drain, North American institutions citing too much emphasis on recruitment of fee-paying students, Latin American and Caribbean institutions identifying issues related to regulating quality of foreign programmes, and institutions in Asia and Pacific finding excessive competition among higher education institutions as the second most important risk."