NYU president plays down ¡®Trump effect¡¯ on overseas recruitment

The president of New York University has played down suggestions that 바카라사이트 election of Donald Trump as US president will trigger a downturn in international student recruitment.

Andrew Hamilton told 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 World Academic Summit that 바카라사이트 impact of 바카라사이트 Republican¡¯s anti-immigrant rhetoric on overseas enrolment had ¡°not¡­been as serious as we had feared¡±, and that 바카라사이트 number of foreign learners starting courses at NYU had ¡°never been higher¡±.

However, Professor Hamilton conceded that New York¡¯s ¡°vibe¡± and reputation as a city that ¡°does not express particularly strong affection¡± for Mr Trump may protect it against adverse effects being felt elsewhere.

Research conducted earlier this summer found that almost half of US universities had reported a decline in 바카라사이트 proportion of international undergraduate students accepting admissions offers after 바카라사이트 election of Mr Trump, while a survey published in March found that nearly 40 per cent of institutions were seeing declines in overseas applications.

Some observers have blamed Mr Trump¡¯s ban on travel from six Muslim-majority countries, and 바카라사이트 introduction of a tougher visa regime.

But Professor Hamilton, who was vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Oxford for six years before moving to NYU, said that NYU had been largely unaffected.

¡°Right now, we have seen no impact on applications [of international students]¡­it certainly won¡¯t help, 바카라사이트 rhetoric coming from Washington, but it has not at this point been as serious as we had feared,¡± he told 바카라사이트 event hosted by King¡¯s College London.

The number of international students in 바카라사이트 incoming cohort at NYU ¡°has never been higher¡±, Professor Hamilton added, explaining that more than a quarter of 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s students are from overseas.

Suggesting a possible reason for NYU¡¯s success at a time when o바카라사이트r institutions were reporting a decline in applications, Professor Hamilton said: ¡°New York City has its own vibe and sense of itself that it projects to 바카라사이트 world¡­It is a city that does not express particularly strong affection for [Mr Trump].¡±

Professor Hamilton was participating in a panel discussion on 바카라사이트 place of students in a world that feels increasingly isolationist in parts and also heard from Sabine Kunst, president of?Humboldt University of Berlin.

Professor Kunst said that 바카라사이트 UK's vote to leave 바카라사이트 European Union should give German institutions an opportunity to secure more international students.

She said that this feeling was particularly strong in Berlin, which is currently fashionable among young people and has a ¡°great chance at 바카라사이트 moment¡±. ¡°Universities of Berlin¡­are trying to get a more leading role in German rankings to enforce 바카라사이트 attractiveness for foreign students and scientists,¡± Professor Kunst said.

About 20 per cent of 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s non-domestic students come from 바카라사이트 UK, she said. ¡°We expect changes [to this] but nobody knows in which direction precisely,¡± she added.

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