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Your Official Source on U.S. Higher Education
EducationUSA.state.gov
SAIA Day of Academic Mobility and Internationalization
November 20, 2012
Christopher Medalis
Regional Director for Educational Advising for Europe
U.S.-EU Cooperation in Higher Education:
Exchanges, Linkages and Issues
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What is EducationUSA?
• Provides information on the U.S. higher
education system to students
• Operates 400+ advising centers
• Provides services to U.S. higher
education community
• Supported by U.S. Department of State
• 700,000 contacts last year in Europe
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• Data
• Legal Basis
• Conceptual Differences
• Programs
• Future
U.S.-EU Cooperation Update
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European Students in the U.S.
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European Students in the U.S.
Mobility
85,423 European students in
the U.S.
+1.7% from 2008
Record highs in 2012
Trends 2008-2012
Source: IIE Open Doors
Norway
Azerbaijan
Denmark
Spain
Georgia
+59.5%
+44.7%
+37.3%
+34.5%
+27.2%
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Europe-U.S. Student Mobility
74 % are degree-seeking
Source: IIE Open Doors
European Students in the U.S.nt
Mobility
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Top Sending Countries in
Europe
% Change (2008-2012) All levels of study
Turkey - 0.5%
Germany +4.9%
UK +9.8%
France +16.8%
Spain +34.5%
Russia -2.1% Source: IIE Open Doors
European Students in the U.S.
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Biggest Increases in U.S. Study
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Undergraduate % Change
(2008-2012)
Norway +71.8%
Georgia +56.4%
Azerbaijan +44.2%
Italy +22.5%
Graduate % Change
(2008-2012)
Azerbaijan +26.8%
Estonia +14.3%
Spain +8.0%
Austria +2.8%
Source: IIE Open Doors
European Students in the U.S.n Greatest mobility shifts
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Slovak Republic – U.S. Student Mobility
Slovak Students in the U.S.
Year No. of students
2007/08 academic year 536
2011/12 academic year 424
% Change (2008-2012) -20.9%
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Source: IIE Open Doors 2012
Slovak Students in the U.S.
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Slovak Republic – U.S. Student Mobility
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Slovak Students – By Level
Type of
Program
% No. % Change
(2008-2012)
Undergraduate 46.5% 197 -30.6%
Graduate 35.1% 149 -23.6%
Non-Degree 8.5% 36 +28.6%
OPT 9.9% 42 +44.8%
Source: IIE Open Doors 2012
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Slovak Students in the U.S.
Top Undergraduate Institutions
• CUNY Hunter College
• City University of Seattle
• City College of San Francisco
• San Francisco State University
• Miami-Dade College
Top Graduate Institutions
• New York University
• Harvard University
• Johns Hopkins University
• Ohio State University –
Main Campus
• Stanford University
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U.S. Study Abroad in the Slovak Republic
U.S. STUDY ABROAD IN THE SLOVAK
REPUBLIC
2009/10 academic year 76
2010/11 academic year 49
% Change -35.5%
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Source: IIE Open Doors 2012
U.S. Students in the Slovak Republic
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U.S. Study Abroad in Europe
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+ 7.8% increase
in 5 years
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Top Destinations for U.S. Study Abroad
in Europe
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% Change (2007-2011) All levels of study
United Kingdom +1,5%
Italy +9,1%
Spain +8,2%
France -1,2%
Germany +22,6%
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Legal Basis for Cooperation
• 2006 Agreement
• Mutual understanding, human resource development
• Institutional, individual
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2006 Cooperation Agreement:
Operational Objectives • Joint study programs • Mobility • Promotion of
– Transparency – Mutual recognition of qualifications – Portability of credits
• Policy issues: governmental, non-governmental
• Professional exhanges
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2006 Cooperation Agreement:
Actions
• Action 1: Joint Consortia Projects
• Action 2: Excellence Mobility Projects
• Action 3: Policy-oriented measures
• Action 4: Schuman-Fulbright Grants
• Action 5: Alumni Association
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EU and U.S. Higher Education
Cooperation: Mechanisms and
Programs
• Bad news: not so much official cooperation
• Good news: opportunities
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EU and U.S. Higher Education
Cooperation: Mechanisms and
Programs, EU Dimension
• Erasmus
• Erasmus Mundus
• Erasmus for All
• Marie Curie
• ERC
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EU and U.S. Higher Education
Cooperation: Mechanisms and
Programs, National Dimension
• European National Agencies – British Council
– DAAD
– Campus France
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EU and U.S. Higher Education
Cooperation: Mechanisms and
Programs, U.S. Dimension
• USG: State/ECA: Fulbright, other; NSF, other Federal
• U.S. Embassies
• Private and non-governmental organizations: AACRAO, IIE, NAFSA
• Philanthropic Organizations
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EU and U.S. Higher Education
Cooperation: Mechanisms and
Programs, U.S. Dimension
U.S. State Department:
• Fulbright Program
• EducationUSA
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U.S. Higher Education: Fundamental
Concepts
• Education benefits the individual and the society in which they live – Liberal Arts education: critical thinking & reasoning