{"id":173213,"date":"2024-11-14T14:00:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T13:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=173213"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:35","slug":"why-dutch-students-suffer-most-when-international-students-disappear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2024\/11\/14\/why-dutch-students-suffer-most-when-international-students-disappear\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Dutch students suffer most when international students disappear"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dutch politics wants fewer international students, but if they vanish, Dutch students will pay the price. Studying in an international environment benefits them most, by providing them with intercultural competences, research from assistant professor Joep Hofhuis shows.<\/p>\n

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Dutch students without prior international experience benefit the most from diverse classroom settings. \u201cRegular Dutch students who attended Dutch schools and grew up in the Netherlands typically start their first year of university with lower levels of intercultural competences than international students and Dutch students with previous international experience\u201d, explains Joep Hofhuis, a researcher at the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication (ESHCC).<\/p>\n\n\t

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