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Internationalisation in the face of demographic change: student recruitment and its role in the upcoming decades. Christian Berthold Uwe Brandenburg Warszawa, April 2008. Content. Demographic development in Germany Important markets (new and old) for HEIs
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Internationalisation in the face of demographic change: student recruitment and its role in the upcoming decades Christian Berthold Uwe Brandenburg Warszawa, April 2008
Content • Demographic development in Germany • Important markets (new and old) for HEIs • Market entry: highly individualised • Options for Poland?! Christian Berthold, Uwe Brandenburg: CHE Consult, April 2008
Who we are? CHE Centre for Higher Education Development • CHE non profit / CHE Consult • One brand – two companies • CHE non profit • Think tank to stimulate reforms in HE-System • Rankings • CHE Consult is a consultancy • for German and international HEIs • for the ministeries of the federal states Christian Berthold, Uwe Brandenburg: CHE Consult, April 2008
Demographic development in Germany Impact to Higher Education • People are growing older • small impact to HE-System, more to society at large • Declining population • fewer traditional students • increasing importance of further qualification and life long learning • increasing importance of foreign students • need for recruitment-strategies to disadvantaged people (socio-economically) • need for recruitment-strategies to migrants • Increasing diversity • growing drop out rates • need for new didactical concepts for divers students Christian Berthold, Uwe Brandenburg: CHE Consult, April 2008
2020 – 2030 2007 – 2013 2035 2040 2025 2020 2030 2010 2005 2045 2015 Younger Group (20 – 25) Elder Group (60 – 65) Source: StBA 2004 – 10. koordinierte Bevölkerungsvorausberechnung, Variante 5 Demographic development in Germany Progression of age group population development for 20-25 and 60-65 year-olds (2005-2050) in millions Christian Berthold, Uwe Brandenburg: CHE Consult, April 2008
Demographic development in Germany Predicted demand for HE Enrolments in Germany, 2007 - 2020 2005 Christian Berthold, Uwe Brandenburg: CHE Consult, April 2008
Data Atlas for the German HE-System Two purposes: • Mapping and analysing local quantitative and qualitative impacts of demographic change on Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) • Creating a database for the development of recruitment and institutional strategies for European HEIs Christian Berthold, Uwe Brandenburg: CHE Consult, April 2008
Data Atlas for the German HE-System Conclusions • Demographic change is not only a matter of quantitiy, but also quality • Regionally uneven demand • Higher rates of participation in HE can overcompensate the demographic change • Potential candidates have to be turned into enrolments • Domestic demand should not overrule internationalisation Christian Berthold, Uwe Brandenburg: CHE Consult, April 2008
University Konstanz Catchment Area Up to Up to Up to Up to and more • Info-Box • Overall number of first-year-students at • the University Konstanz in 2005 • (Educational Germans): 1.757 • Most resourceful districts • Kreis Konstanz: 12,3% (216) • Bodenseekreis: 6,7% (118) • Kreis Ravensburg: 4,7% (82) • Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis: 3,5% • (61) • Kreis Tuttlingen: 3,2% (56) • Most resourceful Länder • Baden-Württemberg:74,2% (1.304) • Bayern: 7,8% (137) • Nordrhein-Westfalen: 4,7% (83) Christian Berthold, Uwe Brandenburg: CHE Consult, April 2008
University Frankfurt / Main - 2005 Catchment Area Up to Up to Up to Up to and more • Info-Box • Overall Number of first-year-students at • the Universität Frankfurt in 2005 • (Educational Germans): 4.317 • Most resourceful districts • Frankfurt a.M. (Stadt): 22,1% (956) • Main-Kinzig-Kreis: 8,0% (345) • Kreis Offenbach: 7,8% (338) • Hochtaunuskreis: 4,6% (200) • Offenbach a.M.: 3,9% (169) • Most resourceful Länder • Hessen: 72,0% (3.107) • Baden-Württemberg: 7,7% (331) • Rheinland-Pfalz: 4,5% (193) • NRW: 4,3% (184) Christian Berthold, Uwe Brandenburg: CHE Consult, April 2008
Important markets (new and old) for HEIs • Market analyses: • British Council „Vision 2020“ • IDP „Global Student Mobility 2025“ • CHE „Analysing the Future Market – Target Countries for German HEIs” • What can be the interests of HEIs in international students? • Quantitative: student numbers, return on investment • Qualitative: diversity, student performance, political aspects, reputation Christian Berthold, Uwe Brandenburg: CHE Consult, April 2008
Global trends Demand of University Places in Mio. Sources: IDP and British Council Christian Berthold, Uwe Brandenburg: CHE Consult, April 2008
Number of globally mobile students Sources: IDP and British Council Christian Berthold, Uwe Brandenburg: CHE Consult, April 2008
Important markets (new and old) for HEIs What is the importance of the target country for German HEIs? How important is Germany for the target country? Germany UNESCO’s Global Education Digest top 5 destination countries Size of age group 15-24, based on UN projection data • Share of one country within the international student body in Germany (DAAD Data) What is the quantitative potential of the target country? Christian Berthold, Uwe Brandenburg: CHE Consult, April 2008
Important markets (new and old) for HEIs Christian Berthold, Uwe Brandenburg: CHE Consult, April 2008
Important markets (new and old) for HEIs Christian Berthold, Uwe Brandenburg: CHE Consult, April 2008
Important markets (new and old) for HEIs • How to analyse the markets? CHE approach: • Population: age group • Education: • Participation rates (secondary, tertiary) • Tuition fees • Economic: • GDP per capita • GINI coefficient • Knowledge Economy Index (KEI) • Data related to Germany: • Development of Bildungsausländer and first year students • Enrolment requirements • Country characteristics • 17 countries analysed Christian Berthold, Uwe Brandenburg: CHE Consult, April 2008
Important markets (new and old) for HEIs Christian Berthold, Uwe Brandenburg: CHE Consult, April 2008
Market entry: highly individualised • Instruments: • Offshore • Education Cities • Degree franchising • Distance learning • Second campus at home • Direct recruitment • Vertical recruitment • Instruments and interests have to match (matrix) • 5 case studies: Brazil, China, Poland, Turkey, USA Christian Berthold, Uwe Brandenburg: CHE Consult, April 2008
Options for Poland • As resource country: • In the next 10 years, West-German HEIs overflooded with students because of short term demographic development • But: East German HEIs have large potential from now onwards! • As recruiting country: • Analysis of current situation needed • Differentiation between traditional resource countries and new target countries • Individualised strategies needed, market entry modes are crucial! Christian Berthold, Uwe Brandenburg: CHE Consult, April 2008