of institute of international education. can you tell us which countries today are the most popular destinations for for its national scholars well we think of you know really the big five for the united states the united kingdom france germany and for the fifth country you can take a pic now it could be australia it could be canada could be china but those country is that i mentioned the g five the g eight account for about eighty percent eighty percent of all move all the you know move that's right. all of the countries outside the western world well except china which is pretty exotic bad but it is popular that that's our competitive well education wise you bet and in a sense every country is competitive because it's the experience of being in another place that can make you a different profession. but there are about two thousand americans here in russia there are about two thousand americans studying in egypt those are considered higher education the universities higher education those are exotic destinations they're jus

of russian higher education they advocate russia its own way so what about an outsider's view of where an average russian student stands against foreign counterparts here is the president and c.e.o. of the institute of international education alan good. given the russian specialists are valued around the world the russian higher education isn't popular with foreign students only three percent of students who go to study abroad choose a russian university this has become a serious concern for russian educators they want to share in the international education programs russian universities are educating their students in accordance with the european higher education accords this tries to standardize the quality of education throughout europe but for some russians that's not enough and the bait is on the way ok which of tired occasions within the country. oh mr goodnow welcome to the show thank you it's thank you very much for being with us thank you well first of all i wanted to ask you to comment on what president obama said recently at the u.s. president he said that that education and innovation will be the currency of the twenty first century and therefore i quote we will expand exchange programs and increase.

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of students. another issue is the how to assure the quality. there is an organization or institution called diploma mills. diploma mills provide degrees without educational services. you know, so international organizations, namely oecd, and unesco adopt joint guideline how to assure cross-border high education. and there they requested universities and governments and other stakeholder to get together to protect rights of the international student. >> well, professor, i'll get back to you later. >>> japan is another country that sees higher education as a promising business. like singapore, birth rates are dropping. for some universities and colleges, attracting foreign students is becoming a matter of survival. one market is seen as crucial in this effort. >> what is the role of this -- >> reporter: in south korea, getting ahead means learning the hard way. this is one of the top high schools in the country, teaching classes in foreign languages. academ the favored destinations are the united states and europe. prep schools for the ivy league colleges are big business. at this one, the curriculum is build around the university entrance examples. almost all classes are taught in english. t

of an exposure to the regional studies to the international relations issues. in the faculty, we also have a very strong and very powerful program where we go and work with professional military educational institutionswant our curriculum. it was an interesting example. in ethiopia, i was with a team from national security affairs where we were hoping to develop their curriculum and the building they were in was being built by the chinese. we were building the curriculum. guest: at the war college we keep the students in newport, but we have a more concentrated regional studies program, but it varies by school. host: good morning. caller: good morning. maybe some of our politicians could use some of this kind of training. my question is having the politicians, particularly those involved in military decisions most notably, the commander-in-chief. have you ever provided any of this kind of training to them? i think it would be useful in some of the decisions that they have to make. guest: we have people from the defense department. we are always trying to expand that inner agency inclusion. we have many speakers who are part of the decision-making process. we have practitioners. speaking from experien