Medical education in North America is increasingly being outsourced overseas. Offshore Medical Universities have become commonplace in the Caribbean. Increasing numbers of physicians now receive their basic medical education at overseas schools that have less stringent admission requirements and operate under different regulations and quality assurance standards than medical schools in the U.S. and Canada.
This year’s IIE Open Doors Report has some very good news for U.S. higher education: International student enrollment in the U.S. continues to recover since its record drop in 2020.
The shift towards virtual mobility has had a profound impact on international education, creating new opportunities and challenges for both students and institutions.
One-fifth of all active doctors in the U.S. and Canada are trained overseas. This article provides a brief overview of the long-cycle medical programs many of them followed.
A new private sponsorship initiative kicked off earlier this year in the U.S. with the aim of leveraging the services already offered by college and university campuses to enhance and complement the existing resettlement system, with a focus on offering specialized support to refugee students.