Internationalization policy - taking stock on impact

Helms (ACE's CIGE) and Rumbley (Boston College Center for International Higher Education) reviewed internationalization policies around the world in the five broad areas of; student mobility, scholar mobility and research collaboration, cross-border education, internationalization at home, and comprehensive internationalization policies. There results indicate the emergence of more deliberate internationalization practices but the big question is how impact is measured. The public diplomacy implications of higher education internationalization was recognized by only 1% of the institutions reporting into a 2011 ACE study; the result is that institutional and public efforts may not achieve the synergies that would help us all at this very critical time of shifting international relations.