The United States needs a national strategy for recruiting foreign students, with the goal of doubling the number of students from overseas, to 1.25 million, over the next decade, according to a new paper by researchers at the Center for Studies in Higher Education at the University of California at Berkeley. To do that, the researchers say, the country needs to expand enrollment and program capacity, build reciprocal global networks, and promote higher education as a critical American asset and export.
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One Response to U.S. Needs Strategic Approach to Recruit Foreign Students, Researchers Say
salrosario - September 29, 2009 at 3:13 pm
The authors recognize that “Any national policy for recruiting and enrolling international students should be embedded in a larger globalization policy.” (p. 14). As far as I know, the country does not even have plans for a globalization policy. On the contrary, the U.S. seems to be in protectionism mode these days.There seems to be an assumption that there is some kind of “national brain” capable of implementing polices like the one suggested. We do not even have a national higher education system, which may be a good thing. I think that if a good number of a country’s universities offer quality education at reasonable prices, coupled with a strong national economy, people will want to study there. I am not too much in favor of top-down approaches.