Across the globe, government-sponsored internationalization strategies, policies, and funding helps countries attract international students and boost their own student mobility.
International Enrollment Management
Recruitment professionals at institutions in top destination countries share the factors that inform their recruitment and admissions strategies, including government goals for drawing international students.
Some countries, like Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa, already send large numbers of students abroad; others are ripe for recruitment.
Iran was once a top-five sending country to the United States, and the number of Iranian students on U.S. campuses is on the rise again.
U.S. immigration law seems to be in contradiction to this country’s best interests much of the time. NAFSA and others (such as the National Immigration Forum, to give just one other example) have argued vigorously for Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform.
Are institutions relying on too many students from one nation? And how can campuses help better integrate the Chinese students they’ve recruited since there may be a significant Chinese population on campus?