By Sue Le-Ba, Research and Policy Analyst, WES Canada Introduction According to the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), there were 2.7 million international students worldwide in 2004 compared to 1.75 million just five years earlier – a 41% increase since 1999 (OECD, Education…
By Michelle Pollock, WES Project Coordinator, Middle East As students from the Middle East travel to the United States to enhance person-to-person diplomacy through educational exchange, American universities are in turn moving east to develop academic ties and establish branch campuses in the Arabian Gulf….
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 GATS in a Nutshell The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) is the first international trade agreement to cover trade in services as opposed to products. It was formulated in 1995 during the Uruguay Round of trade talks and…