STUDENT MOBILITY IN THE EUROPE REGION: A STATISTICAL EVALUATION

Based on data taken from the Unesco Statistical Yearbook (1987), supplemented, for several countries, with data obtained from the Liaison Officers of CEPES or from other available sources, the article examines the statistics of student mobility in the Europe Region over the 1980‐1985 period. Special attention is given to the intra‐European flows of foreign students, and several trends in European student mobility are thus identified.     

INTERNATIONALIZATION: A CHANCE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

After a brief evocation of the world crisis that higher education is facing, the author proposes several remedies based on international academic co‐operation. One of these is the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme of which he was the first administrator after its inauguration in 1991. While often viewed as a form of North‐South co‐operation, many UNESCO Chairs have also been set up in eastern and central Europe, several of which are described. Funding for UNESCO Chairs comes from a diversity of sources, UNESCO serving as the catalyst and sometimes as the middleman. UNESCO will sometimes also provide seed money. The Programme has proven to be an excellent, cost‐effective form of academic solidarity. Several suggestions for the improvement and expansion of the Programme are given.     

EDUCATION AND INFORMATICS: REFLECTIONS ON THE UNESCO INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS (PARIS, 12‐21 APRIL, 1989)

This article reflects on the debates which took place in the Unesco Congress on “Education and Informatics: Strengthening International Co‐operation”, held in Paris, from 12 to 21 April 1989, and reproduces passages from several of its major documents. It dwells in a more lengthy fashion on the debates of one of the sessions which was devoted to informatics and the development of post‐secondary and university education. The conclusions and general recommendations of the conference are presented in a synthetic manner. The full text of the fifteen‐point Declaration of the Congress follows. It urges the continued but even development of informatics both as an educational tool and as the fruit of educational endeavour in such ways that the science will serve as a vehicle for not only improving the quality of life and work but also reducing the disparaties between rich and poor and the developed and the developing nations.