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The number and types of international double and multiple degree programs have skyrocketed in the last five years. According to the 2014 International Association of Universities report on internationalization there has been a 50 percent increase in double-degree programs in professional areas, 19 percent increase in Natural Sciences and 14 percent increase in Social Sciences during the last three years.
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Knight, J. (2017). Global: are Double/Multiple Degree Programs Leading to “Discount Degrees”?. In: Mihut, G., Altbach, P.G., Wit, H.d. (eds) Understanding Higher Education Internationalization. Global Perspectives on Higher Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-161-2_24
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