Erasmus gets bad marks

Le Monde looks at the Erasmus programme and the decline in student mobility in recent years: "Erasmus, which in less than 20 years has prompted roughly 1.7 million students to study abroad, no longer exudes the charm it once did. While the youths of the new member states are just as hungy to study abroad as ever, those of the old Europe are increasingly picky. ... Indeed, it is astonishing just how few students actually know about Erasmus. Almost one third of young French people ... admit they're 'not familiar' with the European programme. ... Today both the quantity and the quality of Erasmus studies are being called into question. Examples are legion of Erasmus students with nothing but free time, language skills that are insufficient for them to so much as follow a lecture and extremely indulgent grades."

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