UAE branch campus update

Inside Higher Education provided an update on branches campuses in the UAE, indicating that some settling out has taken place but that there is stabilization and now anticipated growth.  With the economic decline behind the region and a new resurgence of expatriate workers from Asia, UAE officials believe that enrollments will grow and that new institutions will join the 56 branches already in operation.  Specific reference is made to some students choosing to come to the UAE rather than fight the visa processes of the U.S.A. and U.K.  One has to also wonder if the growing image of gun violence and fear of personal safety in the U.S.A. might not be causing international students to look elsewhere.