A recent ScienceGuide article combines evidence from several studies to predict increases in the number of international students who will want to study an English-language curriculum over the rest of the decade. The countries currently contributing the largest proportion of these study-abroad students are China, India, and South Korea but other students from the Middle East and Africa are increasing as well.
Australia (2nd in line behind the U.S.A. in popularity) is poised to absorb some, Canada wants a bunch, and the UK will accept a modest number. If the U.S.A. maintained its 18% of all international students, there will still be 265,000 students looking for a good place to study with an English-language core. The article suggests that branch campuses may be one of the places these students will go.
The question on my mind is not only where will they go but how will they be welcomed and given the best education their resources can buy?
Australia (2nd in line behind the U.S.A. in popularity) is poised to absorb some, Canada wants a bunch, and the UK will accept a modest number. If the U.S.A. maintained its 18% of all international students, there will still be 265,000 students looking for a good place to study with an English-language core. The article suggests that branch campuses may be one of the places these students will go.
The question on my mind is not only where will they go but how will they be welcomed and given the best education their resources can buy?
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