This week's top #socialmedia and #intled news fit to share include the uber-importance of outcomes for Gen Z students, eyes on the Turkish student market, a focus on student success to weather domestic downturns, vocational education gloom in Australia, and post-grad students to be impacted by next year's Canada cuts.
- These kinds of webinars
are never going to be the be-all and end-all of student survey events, but they do serve as a useful temperature gauge on what is impacting future student interests and decision-making processes.
- Is Turkiye
on your recruitment radar? If not, why not? Since COVID, push factors from this nation that straddles Europe and Asia (one of my favorite countries to visit) continue to drive Turkish students abroad. Check out this Bonard webinar for more.
- Our success or failure in international student enrollment lives and dies with how well our overseas students feel a sense of belonging
on campus. Is your institution paying close enough attention to this vital outcome?
- Gen Z is a tricky one to pin down. But consistently over the last five to six years we have seen one thing rise to the top as a driving factor
for college choices: outcomes/ROI. This NAFSA International Educator article shares the details.
- The lack of student accommodations in certain markets (Canada, UK, Australia, Netherlands) has caused significant backlash in government policy against international students. This ICEF live stream
on the topic should be interesting.
- This Intead blog
boils it down to the essential element - careers matter most. “When prospective students ask about your top programs, they’re really inquiring about their career paths. Questions about student outcomes?? They’re assessing their post-degree job prospects. Asking about your institution’s rankings? They are assessing how your degree will play on their CV as they apply for jobs. Calculating your institution’s ROI? All about grads’ salaries.”
- This Indian article
on what the impact of the US presidential election might be on international student interest there may surprise you. Whether any of what has been spoken about will happen or not, on the ground in India, despite visa challenges, the outlook is largely buoyant.
- Are many of us having this conversation on campus? Are we exploring ways to make international student recruitment efficient? This piece
makes the claim with some energy that agent commissions have produced huge revenue in the past, but now…
- You have to hand it to the US ambassador to India, he is not resting on his laurels. By pushing for expanded study abroad opportunities
for US students to India, he is making all the right noises. Could a 100K Strong to India campaign be coming if VP Harris is elected?
- ApplyBoard continues to cast its spell over those that fund the intl ed tech world. The tech arm of the Royal Bank of Canada
has funded the agent aggregator’s attempt to integrate AI tools into what their platform provides to students, agents, and colleges.
- NAFSA CEO Fanta Aw shares a very useful article
on how US colleges can navigate the domestic enrollment decline. And that key to future survival is by focusing on international student success. Here, here.
- In a related story, this report
out of Europe shares how significant a role proper housing and social environments can be in ensuring the best chances of good mental health outcomes for our students.
- While it may seem like an obvious take, are you utilizing international school
recruitment (and no, not all “international” schools are created equal) in your plans? When it comes to academic and socio-cultural preparedness, you can’t get much better.
- The list of US colleges that are completely need-blind for international undergraduate applicants is very small - less than a dozen. That number grew by one this past week as the University of Notre Dame
joins this elite club.
- Australia - One thing that is clear in the Australian government’s crackdown on “dodgy providers” in the education sector is widespread. Still, a heavy hammer is falling on VET (vocational) providers
as 36 were visited by the watchdog group this past week.
- Australia - Is Australia’s retrenchment on international education with a proposed 16% cut
in new international numbers next year (over 2023 numbers) merely a reflection of the government (of both parties) growing isolationism?
- Canada—This?past week, Canada announced a?further 10% reduction
?in new international study permits offered in 2025 and 2026. This seems a little overkill, especially after the 45% drop expected this year (after wanting a 30% cut).
- Canada—Sadly, one of the reasons the additional cuts in Canada are being implemented is that the?housing crisis
?shows no signs of abating. In one Toronto suburb, 100 K international students are suspected to be?living there unreported.
- Canada - Which students are also being brought into the mix of the Canadian government restrictions on study permits in 2025 that had not previously been included? Master’s and doctoral applicants
will now also be considered in the cuts.
- China - The Xi government has desired to grow academic exchange
with the West. Still, the reality on the ground with government suppression of “propaganda” and “state secrets” might significantly hamper achieving this goal.
- Taiwan—One East Asian nation, Taiwan, is creating important?industry scholarship programs
?that target international students in high-demand occupations. The country will desperately need quality future employees.
- UK - Though in the long run, the increase in the amount international students must document they have available for their funding/maintenance
while in the UK was bound to happen, it’s one more negative piling up against British unis.
- UK - The breakdown of where the different kinds of UK universities have received their international students really speaks volumes about their varied approaches to post-graduate recruitment efforts
.
- UK - Despite the Labour government’s pledge not to bail out failing universities in the UK, these same financially struggling institutions
are not going quietly into that good night. They are demanding higher tuition fees and government handouts.
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