The most happily international higher education systems aren’t the superpowers. John Gill writes

Small countries often have the most “open” higher education systems, just as their economies are the most open to international trade, a British Council analyst has said.

Janet Ilieva, head of research for education intelligence, cited Hong Kong, Singapore and the Netherlands as examples of small countries with higher education systems that were open to imports and exports in terms of students, academics and institutions.

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