Toward New forms of International Education |
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| Abstract: | This article is a slightly modified version of a report under the above title written for the Association of Directors of Institutes and Courses of International Education. The author of the report is Professor C. A. O. van Nieuwenhuijze, Rector of the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague. The future of international education is at present under discussion in this country. The government is in favor of a closer association with the universities; an interdepartmental committee has stated its preference for what it terms a "project approach."Professor van Nieuwenhuijze launches a proposal that international education be allowed to develop on the basis of a "continuous spin-off"model. It should perhaps be explained that the term "international education" is used in the Netherlands to describe courses arranged for foreign students, most of whom come from developing countries. The courses described in the present article are usually given in English, because it is too much to expect foreigners to learn Dutch in such a short time. Partly because of the fact that they use English, the institutes of international education have acquired a unique position in the Dutch education system, standing a little apart from the universities, which of course use Dutch as the language of instruction. A list of international courses held in the Netherlands will be found on another page in this issue. |
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