Internationalization of Universities

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The internationalization of Universities Over the last years the number of students which study abroad had increased, both sides seem to benefit from this cross-culture experience, however, the more students go abroad, the louder the defender of human right declare that the high tuition fees for international students are discriminatory for the affected students. Nevertheless, the universities say that this higher tuition fees are because the international students did not participate in the economy before, as the national students did. The internationalization of universities discriminates international students and raises awareness of cultural inequality. Due to the increasing interdependence of the world, the people and cultures become closer. This is one reason for the increasing number of students, who want to study abroad; in the academic year 2009/2010 the number of international students studying in the United States increased by 5%. As a consequence of the increasing interdependence of the world, the higher education on an international base becomes additionally essential. Especially considering the upcoming carriers, this is the main reason why international students ponder the international education even though the tuition fees for those students is higher than for national students. These increasing tuition fees affect only the international students and are therefore, by defenders of the human rights, considered as discriminating the students by the origin. According to the law, all people should be treated equally, but now a day it became regular, that international students pay higher tuition fees then the native students. Nevertheless, this treatment is not considered to be against the law, to explain that UK is taken as an example. In 1976, the British law against discrimination was introduced, called „The Race Relation Law“, but in this

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