ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on why higher education is international and to a lesser extent on how one measures this and, assuming there are degrees of internationality in higher education, how it can be maximized. The European Economic Community has shown an appreciation of the internationalization of many professions through its support of what is called the Joint Programs of Study. The students' study abroad is an integral part of their degree rather than an "add-on" to their basic academic program for purposes of pursuing culture and language study, as tends to be all too common in American study abroad programs. The notion is that many professional fields, for example, engineering and business studies, are international, and the academic programs preparing for them must similarly be international. International interdependence has facet which also reinforces the internationality of higher education: the international interdependence of research.
