Wet internationalisering in balans

Reactie

Vraag1

Let's just be honest here. This is an attempt by the failed government to deflect the blame for the housing crises they made worse onto internationals. It's an incredible, stupid piece of legislation from a supposedly educated minister.
 
1. The educational language is English. Quality education involves global participation and making it accessible. How many thousands of conferences and millions of papers are published in English versus the handful of Dutch ones? How many ideas and collaborations come from participating in a global scientific society? Blaming the quality of education on poor English-speaking internationals is just a way to shift blame from the government for not properly investing in education. Now poor English-speaking internationals will be replaced by poor English speaking Dutch. A bit hypocritical from a minister who is a director of the Institute of Advanced Study in New Jersey (try getting that position without fluent English).
2. The Dutch economy is a knowledge-based one with an acute shortage of workers. This legislation basically shows an attitude of unwelcomeness toward internationals who want to work and study in the Netherlands. With an aging population, the only hope to maintain the pensions and working capacity of the Netherlands will be immigration. It will make the country poorer.
3. It doesn't take a degree in humanities (but maybe the Dutch one is bad; must be the English?) to see that this will lead to xenophobia and thinly veiled racism. By effectively blaming students for housing problems and overcrowded class rooms. Many international students continue to work toward creating value for Dutch society and economy.

Vraag2

I don't think this is feasible. My main question is how many renowned teachers and professors will be fired, only to be replaced by Dutch speakers to Google translate the teaching material to Dutch

My suggestions:
1. Take a step back. The Dutch education system evolved to internationalize and switch to English naturally. Is it because of underfunding that international students are needed? Did it open up collaboration and opportunities? Why is policy needed to push it in a direction it does not want to go?
2. I would solve this differently. Let me give a lesson in supply and demand (sorry, it's in English and not the 50th biggest language) since the government doesn't understand how to solve it for housing. Why not raise the cost for international students to study and offer scholarships to those on merit? That way, you either get more funding to improve education or just get better students. Look at the top 10 universities, and this is how they do it. This will decrease the demand to match the supply.