Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship

During a session at NAFSA's 2012 annual conference, Phil Baty, editor of world university rankings for Times Higher Education, outlined the basic methodology of THE's annually published rankings , which evaluate universities based on performance indicators grouped in five areas: teaching, research

An array of global and internal domestic factors is shaping the number and pattern of international students enrolling into U.S. higher education institutions. Student enrollments are increasing, and so is the number of U.S. higher education institutions seeking to attract them.

During the past decade higher education's interest in internationalization has intensified, and the concept of civic education or engagement has broadened from a national focus to a more global one, thus expanding the concept that civic responsibility extends beyond national borders.

Amidst constant economic crisis and instability during the past two decades, Latin American governments have developed a set of national policies focused on widening access and equity, quality assurance, faculty preparation at the postgraduate level, and infrastructure improvement. However, despite

Trends & Insights, October 2011: Any account of the forces shaping the continuation, or dissolution, of uneven patterns of student and researcher mobility must account for the phenomenon of regionalism.

By Alan Ruby The last three years have seen a number of developments in the debate about the role of agents in recruiting international students to U.S. schools and colleges. The State Department reaffirmed that its