Meet the Explorers – An Emerging International Student Segment

WES Staff A recent research report by WES Research & Advisory Services divided the U.S.-bound international student body into four different segments – Strivers, Strugglers, Explorers and Highfliers – based on their academic preparedness and financial resources. Given the budgetary challenges currently faced by many public institutions in the…

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Understanding Transnational Education, Its Growth and Implications

Nick Clark, Editor, World Education News & Reviews The dynamics of internationalization are changing. Many of the students that traditionally would have traveled overseas to study for an international qualification are now pursuing foreign degrees in their home, or neighboring, countries at local institutions through…

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Senior Secondary Mathematics Education in China

Zhenzhen Yang, Credential Evaluator (Asia and Middle East) and China Specialist, WES Chinese applications and enrollments at American universities and colleges have been skyrocketing over the last five years, and especially so at the undergraduate level. According to the Institute of International Education’s (IIE) latest…

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Is There a New Wave of Indian Undergraduate Students Heading to the U.S.?

Li Chang, Research & Advisory Services, WES Dubbed Gen-Q, an increasing number of India’s college-age population (and their families) now have the financial wherewithal to fund an overseas education. However, Indian enrollments at U.S. institutions of higher education, especially at the undergraduate level, have been…

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