A comparative study of the mechanisms of exporting higher education at the University of Munich in Germany and the University of New York in the United States, and the possibility of benefiting from them at Ain Shams University.

Document Type : Original Article

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Assistant Professor of Comparative Education and Educational Administration - Faculty of Education - Ain Shams University

Abstract

Most countries and universities seek through exporting higher education to achieve a set of goals; From These include meeting the global demand for educational services provided by countries, keeping up with the increasing student mobility in recent times, and achieving significant economic gains by obtaining additional income for universities by exporting their various educational services.
The current research aims to: Reach a set of proposed measures to enhance the mechanisms of exporting higher education at Ain Shams University by utilizing the experiences of the German Technical University of Munich and the American New York University.
To achieve this goal, the current research used the methodology of Briday in comparative educational studies, and came up with a set of proposed procedures, the most important of which are the following: Procedures for attracting international students, procedures for twinning with other universities, and procedures for establishing branches of the university in other countries.

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