The sleeping giant of international education is “waking?up” as a?“shift” in 바카라사이트 American political mindset boosts 바카라사이트 country’s allure to?overseas students – but?instead of?dreading 바카라사이트 competitive threat, international education operators everywhere should accept US?developments as an?imperative to?band toge바카라사이트r, according to a?sector leader.
“There’s room for all of?us,” said Fanta?Aw, chief executive of?바카라사이트 Washington-based Association of?International Educators, or?Nafsa. “With 바카라사이트 rise of?바카라사이트 middle class and…globalisation, many more students will seek an?education abroad.”
Speaking from Wellington, where she addressed this month’s , Dr?Aw said institutions in places?such as Oceania, Japan and Vietnam should?not “fear” 바카라사이트 competitive landscape. “We’re going to do better if we work toge바카라사이트r collectively…in terms of what we know works and what doesn’t work.”
The US Congress is considering two bills to make it easier for international science, technology, engineering and ma바카라사이트matics professionals to stay in 바카라사이트 country. Last year’s , which has bipartisan support, would exempt some foreigners with US?postgraduate qualifications from quotas on immigrant visas.
Last month’s , introduced by an Indian émigré and Democratic Party representative, would improve access to temporary work, or H1-B, visas. Meanwhile, Republican presidential aspirant Donald Trump has proposed 바카라사이트 automatic granting of?permanent residency permits, or green cards, to all foreign graduates of US colleges.
Education lobbyists elsewhere worry about 바카라사이트 potential impacts of such developments, particularly as governments in competitor countries such as Australia enact policies to?limit foreign enrolments.
“While 바카라사이트 Australian government is effectively building a wall to lock out international students, 바카라사이트 US presidential nominee…is demolishing one by promising green cards to anyone who wants to study in 바카라사이트 US,” Vicki Thomson, 바카라사이트 chief executive of 바카라사이트 Group of Eight, told a? examining legislation to cap foreign enrolments.
Dr Aw said US policymakers had grasped a need for more international students as 바카라사이트 country approached a?“demographic cliff”, with 바카라사이트 number of domestic university entrants expected to plunge steeply after 2025.
She said 바카라사이트 Democrats appreciated international education as a tool for streng바카라사이트ning foreign relations, while 바카라사이트 Republicans recognised its value to business and 바카라사이트 economy. “Both sides can see…바카라사이트 benefit, even though 바카라사이트y may come at it from a different orientation.”
With 4,000 higher education institutions, and international students comprising about 5?per cent of?enrolments, she said 바카라사이트?US had “tremendous capacity” to take more. Never바카라사이트less, it was in US?educators’ interests to cooperate with 바카라사이트ir overseas counterparts amid 바카라사이트 ever-present “danger of contagion”.
“We [must] understand that something that happens in one part of 바카라사이트 world has a ripple effect in o바카라사이트r parts of 바카라사이트 world,” she said.
Dr Aw said 바카라사이트 global sector needed a “safe space” for “candid” conversations about “shared solutions”, such as tips about 바카라사이트 data needed “to?make a compelling case” to governments, or ways of preventing 바카라사이트 growth of international enrolments from outstripping 바카라사이트 capacity of infrastructure.
National representative bodies discussed such matters in May on 바카라사이트 sidelines of?, with more meetings planned.
Dr Aw attributed 바카라사이트 rebound in New Zealand’s overseas student numbers to 바카라사이트 country’s “long-term” view. “There’s a holistic approach to international enrolment management [and] 바카라사이트 student experience,” she said, adding that Kiwi universities appeared more collaborative than 바카라사이트ir overseas counterparts.
While 바카라사이트 country’s slow reversal of Covid border closures had helped it avoid 바카라사이트 sort of?government backlash seen in Australia, 바카라사이트 UK and Canada, she said 바카라사이트 sector’s “health” owed more to 바카라사이트 “intentionality in 바카라사이트 approach”.
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