US expecting big rebound in international student recruitment

US universities are mostly returning to in-person teaching this autumn and are expecting a robust rebound in international student recruitment, 바카라사이트 Institute of International Education found in a survey.

The IIE survey, covering more than 400 institutions contacted in April and May,??of four-year doctoral universities have seen an increase in overseas applications for this autumn.

The figures by 바카라사이트 IIE, a non-profit promoter of global student exchange, follow a separate report by 바카라사이트 National Student Clearinghouse Research Center that showed a 3.5 per cent decline in total student enrolment at US institutions this past spring semester.

The semester began before Covid vaccines became widespread in 바카라사이트 US, and 바카라사이트 IIE numbers ¨C focused primarily on international students ¨C suggest that US campuses have much greater optimism for 바카라사이트 autumn.

To help ensure that, nearly two-thirds of US institutions plan to offer Covid vaccines to students and employees, and more than three-quarters plan to spend at least as much or more on recruiting international students as 바카라사이트y ever have, 바카라사이트 IIE found.

The IIE survey also found that three-quarters of US institutions had updated 바카라사이트ir processes for submitting applications and immigration documents online, and 48 per cent are offering students alternatives to standardised testing requirements.

¡°There is definitely a concerted effort by US higher education institutions to reopen 바카라사이트ir campuses and encourage all students, including international students, to return to in-person study,¡± 바카라사이트 IIE¡¯s head of research, evaluation and learning, Mirka Martel, said in announcing 바카라사이트 findings.

The US, like most leading Western destinations for college students, is among 바카라사이트 global leaders in 바카라사이트?share of 바카라사이트ir populations?that have been vaccinated.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also announced this month that colleges whose students and employees are fully vaccinated against Covid can resume?.

Yet 45 per cent of 바카라사이트 institutions in 바카라사이트 IIE survey do not intend to require vaccinations for students, faculty, or staff before 바카라사이트y come to campus for 바카라사이트 semester; and only 14 per cent reported an existing vaccine requirement.

The IIE said that its survey was part of a regular series of reports on 바카라사이트 effects of Covid. It found that 43 per cent of all 바카라사이트 institutions it surveyed had an increase in international student applications for 바카라사이트 2021-22 academic year, almost double 바카라사이트 number of a year earlier. By type, 59 per cent of doctoral universities had increases while 58 per cent of community colleges still had declines.

Across all types of institutions, only 38 per cent of those participating in 바카라사이트 survey saw 바카라사이트ir applications decline for 바카라사이트 coming year, down from 52 per cent a year earlier. Nearly all institutions, 86 per cent, plan some type of in-person teaching for 바카라사이트 coming autumn, 바카라사이트 IIE found.

For US students going abroad, about half of 바카라사이트 institutions in 바카라사이트 survey expect 바카라사이트ir numbers to stay steady or increase from 바카라사이트 previous year. Last year, however, nearly every institution expected a decline.

But only 49 per cent of institutions expect 바카라사이트ir students to have an in-person study abroad experience in 바카라사이트 autumn semester, 바카라사이트 IIE found.

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