NAME
The Shape of Global Higher Education: the Americas
AUTHORS
Principal author: Alex Usher
Co-authors: Janet Ilieva, Pat Killingley and Vangelis Tsiligiris
DATE
May 2019
ABOUT
'The shape of global higher education' generates greater knowledge and understanding of the policy environment for international higher education, and supports policy makers and higher education professionals in comparing and benchmarking the level of national support for international engagement in higher education.
The research now covers more than 50 countries, having revised the policy picture for 14 countries and added six new national overviews.
The commentary in this volume focuses on six countries in the Americas (Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, US), and looks not only at the policy environment for higher education, but changes in student flows, collaborative research output, and national investment in higher education promotion.
This report is an annex to “The shape of global higher education: International comparisons with Europe” and shares much of the overarching analysis.
SUMMARY OF MAIN FINDINGS
- The global education context is a hugely competitive environment.
- Since 2016, most countries have increased their national support for internationalisation of higher education.
- Many countries have renewed, or recently published international higher education strategies. Often, these are accompanied by international student targets.
- There is a positive relationship between the inbound student mobility rate and the wealth of a country, as measured by GDP per capita.