U.S.-EU Cooperation in Higher Education: Exchanges

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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


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



• Data

• Legal Basis

• Conceptual Differences

• Programs

• Future

U.S.-EU Cooperation Update


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%



Europe-U.S. Student Mobility

74 % are degree-seeking


European Students in the U.S.nt

Mobility


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



Biggest Increases in U.S. Study


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%


European Students in the U.S.n Greatest mobility shifts


Slovak Republic – U.S. Student Mobility

Slovak Students in the U.S.

Year No. of students

2007/08 academic year 536


% Change (2008-2012) -20.9%


Source: IIE Open Doors 2012



Slovak Republic – U.S. Student Mobility


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%




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



U.S. Study Abroad in the Slovak Republic

U.S. STUDY ABROAD IN THE SLOVAK

REPUBLIC



% Change -35.5%



U.S. Students in the Slovak Republic


U.S. Study Abroad in Europe


+ 7.8% increase

in 5 years


Top Destinations for U.S. Study Abroad

in Europe


% Change (2007-2011) All levels of study

United Kingdom +1,5%

Italy +9,1%

Spain +8,2%

France -1,2%

Germany +22,6%


Legal Basis for Cooperation

• 2006 Agreement

• Mutual understanding, human resource development

• Institutional, individual


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


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


EU and U.S. Higher Education

Cooperation: Mechanisms and

Programs

• Bad news: not so much official cooperation

• Good news: opportunities




Programs, EU Dimension

• Erasmus

• Erasmus Mundus

• Erasmus for All

• Marie Curie

• ERC




Programs, National Dimension

• European National Agencies – British Council

– DAAD

– Campus France




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




Programs, U.S. Dimension

U.S. State Department:

• Fulbright Program

• EducationUSA


U.S. Higher Education: Fundamental

Concepts

• Education benefits the individual and the society in which they live – Liberal Arts education: critical thinking & reasoning

– Continuing Education: lifelong learning highly valued

• Self-directed learning & individual accountability

Quality Value Choice Flexibility


U.S. Higher Education:

History and Development

• Harvard 1636

• 19th century European model

• Post-World War II growth

• Current characteristics


Governing Bodies

Decentralized and complex:

• no Federal/National Ministry of Education or

other centralized authority

• U.S. Department of Education not responsible

for quality control over postsecondary

educational institutions

• Accreditation of higher education institutions is

important process carried out by private, non-

profit organizations


Quality Assurance • Institutional accreditors – regional and national accreditation

organizations that review entire institutions;

• Programmatic accreditors – specialized and professional

accrediting organizations that review specific programs or

subject area offerings

• Accreditation accreditor – Council for Higher Education

Accreditation (CHEA)


Classifications

Carnegie

Classifications • identify meaningful

similarities and

differences

• do not imply quality

differences

• do not rank colleges and

universities

Associate's Colleges

Doctorate-granting

Universities

Master's Colleges

and Universities

Baccalaureate Colleges

Special Focus

Institutions

Tribal Colleges


Public and Private Institutions • Academic quality is independent of funding sources

• Land-grant / State Universities

• Primary Funding Source: Federal & State

Governments, Private Donors, Tuition

• Private Universities

• Primary Funding Source: Tuition, Investment,

Research Contracts, Private Donors


Undergraduate Level

• 2-year program

• Junior, Community, Technical colleges

Associate’s Degree

• 4 to 5 year program Bachelor’s

Degree


Graduate Level

• Requires Bachelor’s degree

• 1-2 years of study

• 1st graduate level degree

Master’s Degree

• 3-10 years

• requires Bachelor’s or Master’s degree

• Research intensive

• Highest degree possible

Doctoral Degree

• Professional certification for licensure in law, medicine, pharmacy and dentistry, etc.

Professional Degree


Future of U.S.-EU Cooperation? • Official governmental

• Private sector

• Trends


Contact Information

Christopher Medalis, PhD

Regional Director, (REAC) for Northern

and Central Europe

EducationUSA

on behalf of the Bureau of Educational

& Cultural Affairs

U.S. Department of State

[email protected]

www.EducationUSA.state.gov

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.educationusa.state.gov/

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