Increasing political and military tension in several parts of the world will inevitably affect international higher education. Nationalist, religious, and ideological conflicts challenge the original ideas of international cooperation and exchange in higher education as promoters of peace and mutual understanding and of global engagement. Since…

With the demand for higher education increasing rapidly worldwide, the advent of new technologies and international collaboration offers new solutions and challenges. Presents facts about multinational and distance education, examining problems and challenges this raises, and stressing the importance of analyzing the new realities, both positive…

Examination of the expanding academic systems of Pacific Rim countries and their nexus of relationships with the United States suggests the U.S. will have the opportunity to participate in the development of education in these increasingly self-confident and sophisticated countries, where the climate for higher education should remain very…

A discussion of growing international student mobility looks at the flow of students from Third World countries to industrialized nations, the impact of foreign students on academic institutions, the impact of foreign study on the students, and related policies in host and source countries. Available research literature is reviewed. (Author/MSE)