Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Student recruitment from China increasingly uncertain = diversify now

While speaking to the EducationUSA Forum, senior U.S. State department official Marie Royce said that the U.S. welcomes Chinese international students. She also claimed that visa refusals have not increased during the Trump administration. She went on to admonish educators that higher education was not doing a good enough job integrating them into their institutions because Chinese students were cocooning in social medial

Contrasting with Royce's claims, Jenny Lee of the University of Arizona said, "Marie Royce's speech only reinforces the current administration's racial profiling of Chinese students as potential spies, engaging in espionage and intellectual theft. Her underlying message is: 'Chinese students are valuable but vulnerable to becoming arms of the Chinese government. So watch out and keep them close.'"

With mixed messages from the Trump administration and perceptions of the U.S.A. as a desirable place to study, Ranjan Danials of the University of Chicago indicates that institutions should diversify their recruitment efforts to other countries, especially those in Asia where youth populations are often underserved by their national higher education system. He also says that it is "vital to project a welcoming environment to students and to tap into popular cultural trends. Students are looking for more than degrees and information about academics: they want to learn about ways they can engage with the community and culture."

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