IV Triennial IAUP Conference Brain Drain and Brain Gain

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IV Triennial IAUP ConferenceBrain Drain and
Brain Gain

• Dr. Fernando Leon Garcia
• City University (Bellevue, Washington)
• Bangkok/Pattaya, Thailand
• July 13, 2005

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Internationalization of Higher Education

• Student mobility
• Faculty mobility
• Curriculum
• Programs
• E-mobility

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Student Mobility

• Enrollment of foreign students
• Regional perspective
• Europe (840,000)
• USA (547,000)
• Country perspective
• USA (30)
• UK (14)
• Germany (13)
• France (9)
• Australia (7)
• OECD (2004), Internationalization and Trade in
  Higher Education, OECD, Paris.

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Student Mobility

• Enrollment of foreign students
• Regions of origin
• Asia (43)
• Europe (35)
• Africa (12)
• North America (7) and South America (3)
• Countries of origin
• China (124,000)
• Korea (70,523)
• India (61,179)
• Greece (55,074) and Japan (55,041)
• OECD (2004), Internationalization and Trade in
  Higher Education, OECD, Paris.

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International Students in the US
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Student Mobility

• Asia full degree or degree completion
• Europe, North America one year or one semester,
  one quarter or one summer, condensed sessions
• OECD (2004), Internationalization and Trade in
  Higher Education, OECD, Paris.

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Internationalization of Higher Education

• Program and Institutional Mobility
• Capacity building
• Development of trained professionals
• Improvement of the quality of higher education
• OECD (2004), Internationalization and Trade in
  Higher Education, OECD, Paris.

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Internationalization of Higher Education

• Institutional Mobility
• Top tier few and very focused
• Comprehensive more numerous and growing

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Program Mobility as Brain Gain

• Central and Eastern Europe
• Slovakia
• Czech Republic
• Greece
• Asia
• China
• Latin America
• Brazil
• Mexico

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Central and Eastern European Indicators
1 StatsCan 4 International Bureau of
Education - UNESCO http//nt5.scbbs.com/ 7
World Bank Educational Statistics
http//devdata.worldbank.org/edstats
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Program Mobility as Brain Gain

• Central and Eastern Europe
• Slovakia Vysoka Skola Manazmentu/City
  University
• Established in the 1990s
• Locally accredited
• Over 3,000 students
• Local or dual degrees
• Over 2,150 graduates (80 undergraduate)
• Accreditation reaffirmed

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Program Mobility as Brain Gain

• Central and Eastern Europe
• Czech Republic Vysoka Skola Financi a
  Spravni/City University
• Largest private higher education institution in
  CR
• Locally accredited
• Over 3,000 students
• CU MBA program CU BSBA to follow
• Greece Technological Educational Institute,
  Piraeus
• One of the largest TEIs in Greece
• CU MS in Project Management
• Ministry of Education approval for Fall 2005
  start

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China Indicators
1 StatsCan 4 International Bureau of
Education - UNESCO http//nt5.scbbs.com/ 7
World Bank Educational Statistics
http//devdata.worldbank.org/edstats
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Program Mobility as Brain Gain

• Asia
• China Beijing University of Technology/City
  University
• Joint MBA program locally accredited
• Established in the 1990s in Beijing
• On average over 300 students per quarter
• Over 1,000 graduates
• Boeing sponsored MBA offered in Beijing
  expansion to Shanghai and Guangzhou

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Latin America
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Program Mobility as Brain Gain

• Latin America
• Brazil Faculdades Pitagoras
• US style education adjusted to local context
• Locally accredited (MEC)
• Trilingual focus
• Over 3,000 students (Belo Horizonte and
  Ipatinga)
• Mexico CETYS Universidad/City University
• Top private institution in Northwest Mexico
• Locally accredited with over 5,000 students
• Dual degrees

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Program Mobility as Brain Gain

• Common Elements
• Local accreditation
• Link to USA style education and/or accreditation
• Local or dual degree
• Local, USA and EU faculty
• USA curriculum adjusted to local setting
• Tuition sensitive to local conditions

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Program Mobility as Brain Gain

• Some Reflections
• National/Regional
• Accreditation/regulations
• Institutional
• Mission/Vision
• Flexibility
• Sensitivity to local needs
• Mainstream