Industry News
University Globalization Is Here to Stay
Friday, 27 August 2010 00:00
Anybody who makes confident predictions about the future of today's fast-growing global higher-education marketplace should be reminded that education trend lines can shift unexpectedly and relatively quickly.[The Chronicle]
A Shifting International Mix
Thursday, 26 August 2010 00:00
In fall 2004, Kansas State University had just one Chinese undergraduate on campus. In fall 2009, there were 534.[Inside Higher Ed]
AUSTRALIA: The perils of commercialism
Monday, 23 August 2010 00:00
More than two decades ago, the Australian government decided that international higher education should become an industry; since then it has become a major income producer for the nation.[University World News]
Everyone will share our pain: ATN
Monday, 23 August 2010 00:00
Universities could cop $7 billion in “collateral damage” from policy measures targeted at other international education sectors, according to the ATN.[Campus Review]
Rankings leap boosts Melbourne
Friday, 20 August 2010 00:00
AUSTRALIA improved its performance in the Shanghai Jiao Tong rankings despite a stronger showing by Chinese and Saudi universities, analysis shows.[The Australian]
U.S Graduate-Admissions Offers to Foreign Students Bounce Back
Thursday, 19 August 2010 00:00
Powered by mushrooming demand from China, applications from international students to American graduate schools finally rebounded this year to their 2003 levels, after which foreign-student applications plummeted because of tightening visa rules following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.[The Chronicle]
China becomes destination for foreign students
Thursday, 19 August 2010 00:00
For more than a century, eager, intelligent Chinese have been going abroad to study, leaving indelible impacts on the countries where they learned. But while Chinese continue to go overseas for education, drawn by outrageous economic growth, hundreds of thousands of people from around the world are now coming here to study.[The Global Times]
Language test monopoly keeping students away?
Monday, 16 August 2010 00:00
Language test constraints deter students from our shores, test company executives say. Where’s the evidence, says DIAC.[Campus Review]
Did the Department Drop the Ball?
Monday, 16 August 2010 00:00
WASHINGTON -- The Government Accountability Office’s “secret shopper” investigation of recruiting practices at for-profit colleges was a mixed blessing for the U.S. Department of Education.[Inside Higher Ed]
Colleges extend conditional admissions to pull in more international students
Tuesday, 10 August 2010 00:00
CANDIDATES with strong academic backgrounds but weak language skills find more options in the U.S.[The Chronicle]
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