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Peer reviewedAltbach, Philip G. – Studies in Higher Education, 1989
With over a million students studying outside their own countries, foreign students' influence is felt worldwide. Most come from developing to industrialized nations, returning home with knowledge for socio-economic development and western values. Foreign study has had widespread effects on academic systems, policies, and costs. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Financial Support, Foreign Students, Higher Education
Fitterling, Dorothea – Western European Education, 1981
Discusses foreign students' motivations for seeking higher education in West Germany and the problems they face when they arrive there. Due to poor information, students often have unrealistic expectations about educational opportunities and expenses. They often receive training inapplicable in their less developed home countries. (AM)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Developing Nations, Educational Opportunities, Foreign Students
Dalheimer, Rolf – Western European Education, 1981
Outlines the reasons why West German students are not studying abroad. The author describes the many obstacles including cost, school organization, and language barriers which face interested students. He recommends policies which would make studying abroad more accessible, not only to university students, but to technical college students as…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Comparative Education, Educational Opportunities, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedWilliams, Peter – Comparative Education Review, 1984
Presents a review of the history, advantages, and disadvantages of Great Britain's full-cost policy for overseas students. Discusses the institutional policy and provision for students from abroad on the part of the last educational system. (SB)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Policy, Foreign Students
Peer reviewedFraser, Stewart E. – Comparative Education Review, 1984
Provides a summary of overseas students in Australia, from 1962 to 1982 and from 1982 to 1983, including information regarding numbers of students, financing tertiary education, and disciplines affected, with support from a case study. Discusses government policy regarding overseas students and a government review of private overseas student…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational History, Foreign Policy, Foreign Students
Download full textde Jonge, J. F. M.; And Others – 1992
This report examines, country by country, the present state of student access to higher education institutions in the Member States of the European Community (EC), as well as the elements which affect access directly and the elements which can potentially have an effect on access. Volume 1 of the report gives an overview of the methods of data…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Admission, College Students, Data Collection
Teichler, Ulrich – 1991
This report discusses results of a survey that examined the experiences of 3,212 ERASMUS (European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students) grant students studying in other Economic Community countries. The study's purpose was to obtain feedback for universities and their departments participating in activities to support…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Resources, Financial Support
