Internationalization Revisited

For the last decade, the American Council on Education (ACE) has charted higher education's progress towards internationalization through its Mapping Internationalization on US Campuses project. Using surveys of US institutions conducted in 2001, 2006, and 2011, the Mapping study examines strategic planning, the curriculum, faculty policies and procedures, and student mobility, as well as global collaborations and partnerships. The data give us a snapshot of the current reality of internationalization at US institutions, a look back at how we got there, a view of where we may be headed, and a sense of what is needed in order to advance our internationalization efforts. This article highlights and reviews the results of the 2011 study. (Contains 2 figures.)