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South Africa's policies for promoting international higher education
The International Education Association of South Africa (IEASA) sets the international education strategy.
Mission
To advocate, promote and support the internationalization of higher education in South Africa by providing a professional forum for institutions and individuals to address challenges and develop opportunities in international education. In pursuing these aims, IEASA will:
International Education Policy
Take a pro-active role in policy-making which affects international education.
Maintain ongoing communication and cooperative relationships with government departments, and appropriate statutory and other bodies, with a view to participating in policy making which affects international education.
Monitor government policy and procedures on issues affecting international students and academic or administrative visitors from abroad.
Services
Develop a coordinated approach amongst member institutions to disseminating relevant information and providing agreed services to prospective and registered international students and to local students going abroad.
Exchanges
Create opportunities for South African students to take advantage of exchange agreements and study abroad.
Liaise with organisations, which are involved in promoting international educational cooperation.
Help its institutional members to assist their South African students returning from a study period abroad to re-assimilate into South Africa.
Networking
Develop and maintain a worldwide directory of international educators and their associations.
Develop and maintain a directory and research material on international education.
Organise regional conferences, workshops and seminars to promote networking among South African institutions.
Develop linkages with public and private organizations interested in supporting the promotion of international exchange.
Encourage publications in Southern Africa on issues regarding international education.
Training
Adapt the practices and develop the expertise of those involved in international education to meet Southern African needs in the following areas: cross-cultural communication; setting up, marketing, and running Study Abroad programmes; international student recruitment; government regulations; advising and counselling; and obtaining travel and accommodation grants for students and staff to enable participation in exchanges.
Ethical Standards
Develop a common ethical code of practice.
Develop and monitor internationally recognised standards in international education exchange practices in South Africa.
Accreditation
Assist in training international advisors in the evaluation of credentials.
Curriculum
Develop an awareness of the need to add the international dimension to curricula.
Outreach
Play a role in outreach to Southern and other African countries.
Updated 9.04.06
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