New OECD Education at a Glance Report Just Released

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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has just released its annual Education at a Glance report. According to an article in Inside Higher Education, some of the key findings include:

In 2010, more than 4.1 million students were enrolled in higher education outside their country of citizenship. This figure has increased dramatically, by 99 percent since 2000. In 1975, there were a mere 0.8 million students enrolled in foreign degree programs worldwide.
Students from Asia make up 52 percent of students studying outside their home country.
The most popular host countries are the United States (which attracts 17 percent of all international students), the United Kingdom (13 percent), Australia (7 percent), France (6 percent), and Germany (6 percent). The United States’ share of international students has declined from 23 to 17 percent over a decade.

To download Education at a Glance 2012, please visit: www.oecd.org/edu/eag2012.htm. To read the article in Inside Higher Education, please visit: www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/09/11/oecd-releases-report-global-education-trends#ixzz26AT5JmIi.