by Marjorie S. Smith, Associate Dean and Director, International Student Admission, University of Denver Part II: It’s a Jungle Out There Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, university recruiters have had to think long and hard about how we spend our time and…
by Joseph J. Hindrawan In the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 2001, it was widely anticipated that the international student recruitment effort of U.S. colleges and universities would suffer a grave setback. It was believed that many foreign students would be reluctant…
by Robert Sedgwick, Editor, WENR International Student Statistics for 2001-2002 Number of international students enrolled at U.S. institutions of higher education in 2001-02: 582,996 Top countries: India (with 66,836 students), China (63,211), South Korea (49,046), Japan (46,810), Taiwan (28,930), Canada (26,514), Mexico (12,518), Turkey (12,091),…
by Robert Sedgwick, Editor, WENR There has been much hand wringing in the press and on Capitol Hill lately over delays and snags in the plans to reform America’s student-visa system. Since the Sept. 11 attacks, politicians and journalists alike have been clamoring for stricter…
by Robert Sedgwick, Editor, WENR Until 1989, when the communist Eastern Bloc collapsed, the educational systems in former Czechoslovakia and Hungary were based largely on the Soviet model of higher education. Following independence, new laws were passed in both counties that ended the state monopoly…