Select DAAD Literature from 1980's found in my Bury Book International Education Library & Archive

Just three random pieces of literature I pulled from my Bury Book International Education Library & Archive at home and I thought I would post photos of their covers.

If you have international education literature in your office or home and you no longer wish to keep it but don't want to discard it into the recycling bin please do be in touch to discuss the idea of donating to my library and archive.

Three Recent Reports with Data on Student Mobility

IHEC Blog readers who are interested in international student mobility trends in higher education will find the following three recently published/released reports to be of interest. Please note that much of the data in the reports does not focus on higher education or student mobility across borders.

Trends in Global Higher Education: Tracking an Academic Revolution (Executive Summary)
A Report Prepared for the UNESCO 2009 World Conference on Higher Education
by Philip G. Altbach, Liz Reisberg and Laura E. Rumbley
Download the report here

Global Education Digest 2009
Comparing Education Statistics Across the World
By UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Download the report here

Wissenschaft weltoffen 2009
Facts and Figures on the International nature of Studies and Research in Germany
by German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Access data and other information here

TestAS (Test für Ausländische Studierende or Test for Academic Studies)

The March 6th News from DAAD New York announced that they commissioned the creation of an exam to assist German institutions of higher education in determining the “learning attitude” of a foreign applicant. TestAS was first issued in May 2007 but it is now a requirement of many German institutions of higher education. You can learn more about the TestAS here.

Data and other NAFSA Presentations Available from the DAAD

The DAAD has made available via their "News from DAAD New York" weekly newsletter (http://www.daad.org/?p=daadnews ~ if you don't already, you may want to subscribe) several presentations from the NAFSA conference. The first two presentations entitled "Capacity Building for U.S. Students at Foreign Universities" and "News and Updates from North America" have some interesting data tables and charts. Additionally, a presentation from Brian Whalen of the Forum on Education Abroad entitled "Ethical Practices in Study Abroad and Why it Matters to You" is also available and may be of interest to many.

Early Connections between the DAAD and The University of Chicago

As the DAAD contact at The University of Chicago I have long been interested in the history of the DAAD and the early connections it has had to the University. During my recent efforts I learned that Arnold Bergstraesser who founded the DAAD and from 1937-1953 he taught in the United States with his last appointment as Professor of German Literature and History at the University of Chicago. You can learn more about Arnold Bergstraesser here: http://www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/arnoe.htm.

Similar to Senator Fulbright, German Chancellor Adenauer also had a vision to create a major international academic exchange program that Germany could call her own and in the years following the end of the Second World War he re-founded the DAAD, Deutcher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (German Academic Exchange Service). German Chancellor Adenauer was so engaged in this process that he actively took part in the signing of exchange agreements with a variety of partner institutions in the United States.[1]

[1] Chancellor Adenauer’s active participation in the signing of partner institution exchange agreements is evidenced at the University of Chicago where the original DAAD-University of Chicago exchange agreement from 1953 is housed at the Office of International Affairs. This exchange agreement between the University of Chicago and the DAAD contains Chancellor Adenauer’s original signature and on the agreement it is evident that he crossed out the word “eins” (meaning “one” in German) and wrote in the word “zwei” (meaning “two” in German) for the number of guaranteed exchange students from the University of Chicago.

Increase in the number of German students studying abroad

The DAAD reported in its September 12th weekly newsletter that Germany is seeing an increase in the number of German students studying abroad at foreign universities. According to the German Federal Statistics Office (Destatis), the number of German students studying abroad increased 7.5% over last year and that the number has nearly doubled since 1996. Approximately 4.8% of German students study abroad each year with top destinations being the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Austria and Switzerland.

Wissenschaft Weltoffen 2008 Facts and Figures on the International Nature of Studies and Research in Germany

In July, the DAAD and the University Information System (HIS) in Germany released the most recent data on foreign students in Germany in their Wissenschaft weltoffen 2008. You can access Wissenschaft weltoffen 2008 here: www.wissenschaft-weltoffen.de

German Population Decreasing, Foreign Students Increasing

In the May 30, 2008 News from DAAD New York, an interesting piece on the decline of the German population and the increase in the number of foreign students coming to Germany caught my attention. You can access the report on the declining German population here: www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3347799,00.html and the report on the increasing foreign student population here: www.bmbf.de/pub/internationalization_of_higher_education_2008.pdf .