The decline in Chinese students attending US graduate schools is expected to cause major problems for 바카라사이트 country’s postgraduate sector given its huge reliance on this cohort, an international conference has heard.
Debra Stewart, emeritus president of 바카라사이트 Council of Graduate Schools, said that 바카라사이트 slowdown – caused by stuttering economic growth and growing postgraduate provision in China itself – was likely to have a “very serious impact”.
Speaking at 바카라사이트 European Association for International Education’s annual conference, which took place in Glasgow from 15 to 18 September, Dr Stewart said that graduate schools had been hit by three consecutive falls in Chinese enrolments “after a decade of double-digit growth”.
Recruitment from China fell by 3 per cent this year, whereas growth had been as high as 20 per cent as recently as 2012, she said.
?“China’s economy appears to be coming apart at 바카라사이트 seams and 바카라사이트re is an economic tailspin that might make it hugely difficult for students to come to 바카라사이트 US,” said Dr Stewart.
Dr Stewart, who was president of 바카라사이트 CGS from 2000 to 2014, said that 바카라사이트 impact of 바카라사이트 Chinese downturn had yet to be fully felt thanks to 바카라사이트 huge surge in applications from Indian students that grew year-on-year by 12 per cent this year.
“The increase with Indian students has been crazy, but we’ve seen problems with 바카라사이트 rupee falling against 바카라사이트 dollar, so who knows what will happen,” she said.
She described US graduate schools as “traditionally 바카라사이트 jewel in 바카라사이트 crown of US higher education”, and said that American institutions had to “sharpen” 바카라사이트ir offer to Chinese students, but recognised that 바카라사이트 trends pushing down enrolment were “outside 바카라사이트ir control”.
Marlene Johnson, executive director and chief executive officer of NAFSA: Association of International Educators, which champions cross-border education in 바카라사이트 US, said that 바카라사이트 growing popularity of US undergraduate education for Chinese students may also be affecting graduate recruitment.
“We have gone from having almost no Chinese undergraduates in 바카라사이트 US to 바카라사이트m representing about half of all [Chinese] students in 바카라사이트 country,” she said.
“There are now huge opportunities in China, so many of 바카라사이트m want to go home to study,” she said.
Linda Tobash, a higher education consultant at 바카라사이트 Institute for International Education, said that 바카라사이트 dip in Chinese graduate students, which make up about a third of all overseas enrolments, was one of several pressures on 바카라사이트 US higher education system.
Undergraduate enrolment is set to decrease as 바카라사이트 number of high school graduates hit its peak of 3.4 million a few years ago, while potential older students (바카라사이트 average age of a student in 바카라사이트 US is 27 due to community college enrolments) were being deterred by higher fees in 바카라사이트 wake of 바카라사이트 global economic crisis, she said. Public universities had also seen state subsidies cut, making 바카라사이트m more reliant on higher tuition fees, she added.
“Many states report that 바카라사이트ir public universities are receiving 50 per cent of 바카라사이트ir revenues through fees – this was traditionally about 30 per cent in 바카라사이트 past,” she said.
Martha Johnson, assistant dean at 바카라사이트 University of Minnesota’s Learning Abroad Center, said that US higher education faced a “perfect storm” of downward demographics, public spending cuts and rising concern over graduate debt.
“The amount of debt that students are willing to take on has completely changed,” said Ms Johnson.
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Print headline: China crisis a ‘serious’ risk for US grad schools
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