Vietnam’s rapid economic growth, youth, and wealth have highlighted it as a nation to watch.
Education Abroad
As the value of higher education in general is increasingly brought into question, international educators must emphasize in very real terms the value of investing in international education and learning.
Education abroad has traditionally been seen as something that students pursue only when they become juniors or seniors, but administrators are increasingly encouraging sophomores and even freshmen to go abroad.
Millennials and the young professionals of Generation Z wondering how to develop a career in international education are encountering a field that has changed considerably and that continues to evolve.
While Iran’s and the United States’s international higher education relationship has fluctuated dramatically with the vicissitudes of rhetoric and policy, recent data forecast a significant downturn in undergraduate and graduate applications.
Colleges and universities are strengthening their risk analysis, communications, and other systems to respond both to active threats and to concerns among would-be education abroad students and their parents.
International education-driven social entrepreneurship is helping remake the map of possibility, sparking innovation and new solutions to tough challenges.
Sweden has seen overall declines in outbound student mobility, but the country continues to draw large numbers of international students.