Alumni engagement, substantive partnership building and improving the student experience topped the discussion agenda at APAIE's annual conference in Melbourne, signalling what many in the region say is a phase of professionalisation in the Asia Pacific.
The Australian government has expanded the New Colombo Plan, its programme to promote student mobility into Asia, and announced three new initiatives to increase opportunities for students in business.
China is pursuing an objective to host half a million international students by 2020, it was confirmed at the Asia-Pacific Association for International Education (APAIE) conference this week in Hong Kong. Zhang Xiuqin of China's Ministry of Education also encouraged the more than 1,300 delegates to "seize the opportunity to increase collaboration" in higher education.
Since 1999, the number of students enrolling in educational establishments outside of their home country...
