Education in France

Jessica Magaziner, Credential Evaluator, WES In this article, we provide an overview of the French education system, with a look at the structure, credentials, and recent history. We also take stock of French efforts to internationalize the education system, both in terms of outbound and…

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International Mobility Data Sources

By Nick Clark, Editor World Education News & Reviews The number of students crossing international borders to attend institutions of higher education has grown significantly in the last few decades, as have the number of reports that track those trends, both at the national level…

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International Student Mobility: Patterns and Trends

By Line Verbik, Research Manager, Hobsons and Veronica Lasanowski, Research Officer, The Observatory on Borderless Higher Education Over the past 10-15 years international student mobility has become an increasingly important part of the global higher education landscape. The total number of mobile tertiary education students…

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Bologna Country Update: France

By Nick Clark, Assistant Editor, WENR Legislative Framework Prior to the recent changes and reforms prompted by the signing of the Bologna Declaration, French higher education was largely governed by the 1968 Loi d’Orientation d’Education and the Savary Act of 1984, which encouraged greater institutional…

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