links for 2005-03-11

• IDP Education Australia Research
  Research reports on the future of education
  (categories: education globalization)
• Foreign student market 'threat'
  "A rise in visa refusals to overseas students is undermining the reputation of UK universities, it is claimed."
  (categories: education globalization Europe university)
• NORC 2003 graduate student survey
  A "biennial survey of 40,000 science and engineering doctorate recipients who earned their degrees from institutions within the United States."
  (categories: university education)
• UK university to open in China
  "The University of Nottingham is to open a campus in China." This is a move that a number of universities are now making, proof that competition of students is going global in new ways.
  (categories: education globalization university)
• Australia and Foreign Student Recruitment
  "Australia's universities have unquestionably gained a reputation for aggressively recruiting foreign students."
  (categories: globalization university education)
• Boston College Center for International Higher Education
  Produces a number of studies on global education.
  (categories: education globalization university)
• Still Fewer Foreigners Applying to American Graduate Schools
  "A new survey shows international interest in studying at American graduate schools declining for the second straight year, a sign of the continued impact of visa delays and growing competition from foreign universities."
  (categories: education globalization university)
• Foreign applications to grad schools down
  "A new survey shows international interest in studying at American graduate schools declining for the second straight year"
  (categories: education university globalization)
• Indicators 1998 - Chapter 2 - Higher Education in Science and Engineering - Graduate S&E Students and Degrees in the United States
  Your typical weighty NSF essay.
  (categories: university globalization education)
• National Academic Consortium For Homeland Security
  Delays in processing student visas "are behind recent drops in applications from foreign students, and warn that it could be years before the United States regains its status as the destination of choice for higher education. "
  (categories: education university)
• Biopolis
  "Biopolis is envisioned to be a world-class biomedical sciences research and development (R&D) hub in Asia."
  (categories: biology Asia economics)
• China's tight rein on online growth
  short succinct, gives a snapshot of online experience for Chinese 'net users
  (categories: Asia Internet government)
• The impact of international students on domestic students and host institutions
  "The review considers the educational, social and cultural impacts of international students on domestic students, educational institutions and host communities" in New Zealand.
  (categories: globalization university education)
• Singapore Wants You!
  Singapore is investing money to attract "bioscience all-stars who will... help build a local community that will bolster the economy."
  (categories: globalization biology science R&D)
• Shark Skin Inspires Ship Coating
  "A new environmentally friendly coating based on sharks' skin may soon help the U.S. Navy increase ship speeds while saving fuel."
  (categories: biomimicry)
• International Higher Education (Subject Index)
  (categories: university education)
• Primo Posthuman Future Body Design
  Natasha Vita-More's proposed "future body prototype, that combines design with biotechnology, resulting in a new symbol for artistic themes."
  (categories: cyborg future biology)
• EFF: Endangered Gizmos!
  "EFF has created the Endangered Gizmos List to help you defend fair use and preserve the environment for innovation."
  (categories: copyright culture law privacy)