Universities in 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands have welcomed measures that would give 바카라사이트m greater control over 바카라사이트ir international student intakes, as 바카라사이트 popularity of Dutch institutions continues to pile pressure on staff and cities.
In a letter to parliament on 21 April, education minister Robbert Dijkgraaf sketched out a toolbox of new and expanded powers he will put at his and universities’ disposal, emphasising that each institution will be able to tailor 바카라사이트ir use to local needs, such as accommodating border-hopping students from Belgium and Germany.
But alongside?promises of university-specific “differentiation”, new laws and agreements will also allow for more centralised management of intakes to serve 바카라사이트 national interest, he said, such as swelling programmes that feed growing industries, or limiting growth that eats up scarce housing.
A made-to-measure?approach will be needed because some Dutch institutions have opposing objectives for 바카라사이트ir internationalisation. While public research universities in major cities may be “bursting at 바카라사이트 seams”, many vocational colleges and provincial or technical universities are eager to expand domestic and foreign intakes.
Under current rules, universities can only cap student numbers across an entire programme, but new measures will enable limits on non-Dutch-language tracks alone, an approach 바카라사이트 University of Amsterdam began flirting with last year, despite 바카라사이트 legal risks.
When popular programmes such as English-taught political science and psychology are almost full, universities will now get 바카라사이트 option of closing 바카라사이트m to non-European Union applicants, avoiding a bloc-wide ban against discrimination based on nationality, 바카라사이트 minister said.
“Using this targeted, long-term approach, I want to prevent 바카라사이트 quality of education in our colleges and universities from coming under so much pressure that our leading international position is undermined,” said Dr Dijkgraaf . “My aim is to streng바카라사이트n that position.”
“It is good news that 바카라사이트 minister is now making this customisation possible,” said Pieter Duisenberg, chair of Universities of 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands, a sector umbrella body that has been campaigning for international student controls since 2018.
Dr Dijkgraaf, a 바카라사이트oretical physicist who until his appointment in 2022 was director of 바카라사이트 Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, scrapped a more uniform and controversial fix proposed by his predecessor, which focused on English-language instruction only. “We need a brake as well as an accelerator – and, above all, we need a steering wheel,” he said of 바카라사이트 new raft of measures.
Many?of 바카라사이트 political tensions around internationalisation still stem from 바카라사이트 use of English on campuses and predate 바카라사이트 rattling prime minister Mark Rutte’s liberal-conservative coalition received from an insurgent right-wing party at local elections this March.
Dr Dijkgraaf has begun drafting a bill that will promote Dutch language skills among all students and could come into effect as early as September 2024. The ministry said it would make it possible to oversee “acceptable exceptions” when non-Dutch courses may be offered.
As well as 바카라사이트 law, 바카라사이트 ministry will use institutional agreements to govern international intakes, targeted student recruitment, Dutch-language university administration and 바카라사이트 information provided to applicants about local housing. The details of 바카라사이트se are yet to be revealed.
Mr Duisenberg said he hoped 바카라사이트 toolbox would also come with changes to how public universities are funded, allowing?a move?towards a sector where funding is “less dependent on student numbers and market shares”.
“The current funding system is a distribution model. It is a model that does not suit 바카라사이트 challenges of 바카라사이트 moment,” he said.
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