IS EUROPE PASSÉ?

FOREIGN study; PARTNERSHIPS in education; GLOBAL studies; CHINESE students in foreign countries; HIGHER education; WASHINGTON University (Saint Louis, Mo.); TRANSNATIONAL education; EUROPE-United States relations; UNIVERSITIES & colleges

EUROPEAN Union countries; CHINA

The article discusses U.S. universities and colleges' focus on building partnerships with educational institutions in Asian and Latin American countries rather than with European institutions. The article looks at study-abroad programs in particular. The author examines partnerships between U.S. universities such as Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, and Chinese delegations, efforts among European higher education institutions to form partnerships within the European Union, and Chinese students' seeking of international education in the U.S. Also commented on are foreign relations between the U.S. and Europe in light of higher education study abroad trends and higher education in China.