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Implementation of the Bologna Declaration in Switzerland

By the Bologna Coordination Committee of the Rectors' Conference of the Swiss Universities (CRUS)

The implementation of the Bologna process at Swiss institutions should be seen in the wider context of the far-reaching reforms currently under way for the entire higher education sector that will be put into place by 2008. The main goals are to improve the position of Swiss higher education in the international context, to simplify the highly complex mechanisms of cooperation between federal and cantonal authorities in steering the higher education system, and to enhance transparency and efficiency regarding institutional cooperation and allocation of resources. [Continued]

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Germany: Influx of International Students Reverses Brain Drain A recent study reveals the outflow of well-educated Germans to foreign shores has not only been stymied, but reversed. From the 1980s and until the late 1990s, a significant number of German scientists left their home country to take up positions in other developed nations. According to research from the German student association Deutsches Studentenwerk, Germany is now attracting far more young scientists from around the world than it is losing. Fifteen percent of new “junior professorships” are now held by foreign academics, while more than 200,000 foreign students are enrolled at German universities, of which Asians account for more than 25 percent (the second largest group after Europeans). [Continued ... read full story in the Europe section]

International Students: It’s a Buyer’s Market

By Nick Clark and Robert Sedgwick

Globalization and the challenge of competing in today’s knowledge-based economy has, in recent years, sparked a race to recruit the world’s best brains. The United States has long been the number one destination for international students, but over the last twenty years America’s absolute share of the market has been in decline. Now, in the post-9/11 world, this trend has been brought into sharp focus. [Continued]

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