Employers say that international experience matters in hiring decisions. Chief executives fret that today’s graduates lack the skills to succeed in a global economy. Even the U.S. secretary of education, Arne Duncan, inrecorded remarks to the annual conference here this week of Nafsa: Association of International Educators, called global education a must-have.
"In the 21st century," Mr. Duncan said, "a quality education is an international education."
For all the talk, you might be tempted to think that every American graduates from college with a diploma and a well-stamped passport. The reality is far different. Study-abroad participation remains persistently low; less than 10 percent of all undergraduates go overseas.
Read more at The Chronicle of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com/article/A-Global-Education-Opens/230511