Academic Mobility in North America: Towards New Models of Integration and Collaboration

This paper discusses the current status of international programs with a focus on North America in Canada, Mexico and the United States; describes some of the current activity in each of the three countries to foster greater internationalization of higher education; describes how more active forms of academic collaboration could promote the greater internationalization of higher education; and concludes with several specific suggestions about how to promote the greater integration of academic systems in North America, in particular discussing how organizations such as CONAHEC can foster such collaboration.