| A university in Texas this year plans to add three new | | | | business degree. China has for some time been a |
| business degrees intended to help graduates fill | | | | popular subject of study, as well as a site where |
| anticipated job openings for the future. The institution's | | | | colleges and universities have expanded their |
| new degree programs include marketing, with an | | | | presences. Now, some institutions of higher education |
| emphasis on data and analysis, and information | | | | are looking at India, Inside Higher Education has noted. |
| systems, where students can learn how businesses | | | | Georgia's business schools offer joint two-year |
| can use computers to improve their work. The Texas | | | | master's degree programs with a management school |
| University is also adding a global business degree that | | | | in Channai, according to a recent report in Inside Higher |
| is to include foreign language and cultural studies, as | | | | Education. Students at a Texas university, on the other |
| well as study abroad programs. | | | | hand, have opportunities to travel to India as part of a |
| This institution isn't alone. In Indiana, a university is | | | | Study Abroad program with a business focus. India is |
| introducing an international studies minor where | | | | the second fastest growing market in Asia, presenting |
| students can learn about foreign cultures. The program | | | | lucrative and diverse opportunities for United States |
| is to focus on foreign languages, with a choice of | | | | exports with the right products, services and |
| Chinese, French or Spanish, as well as world and | | | | commitment, the U.S. Department of Commerce |
| human geography, an Inside INdiana Business news | | | | reports. |
| item noted. | | | | The concept of incorporating foreign language and |
| Today's global challenges demand international | | | | culture studies into business degree programs isn't |
| competence, according to the NAFSA: Association of | | | | necessarily new. A university in Michigan in 1979 |
| International Educators website. Americans who study | | | | launched one of the first programs in the United States |
| abroad for credit, engage in service and experiential | | | | to combine requirements in foreign language |
| learning, internships or research, or who study foreign | | | | proficiency with area studies, international business, |
| languages, are far better prepared for the demands of | | | | economics and practical training that became a model |
| the 21st century, the association's web site notes. | | | | for developing similar programs elsewhere, an ERIC |
| NAFSA (originally named National Association of | | | | Clearinghouse article reported. Yet a Bloomberg |
| Foreign Student Advisers) is a member organization | | | | BusinessWeek reporter addressing the expansion of a |
| that works in part to promote international education. | | | | New York City art and design school's design and |
| Growing economies outside of the United States can | | | | management program earlier this year suggested that |
| influence business transactions and increase the value | | | | a need still exists for undergraduate business |
| of an international business degree, according to a | | | | programs to provide students with an understanding of |
| university in Tampa that also offers an international | | | | and empathy for different cultures. |