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International student enrolment in the United States is plummeting. As reported by the Institute of International Education’s Open Doors Project, new international student enrolments have been dropping for three years straight. With the release of the latest report this week, commentators have noted that new international enrolments are down more than 10% from their highest mark. There’s an easy culprit for this: the
The Ministry of Education and Training in Vietnam has once again expressed concerns that the quality of foreign language instruction in the country is preventing English proficiency goals from being met. The ministry recently revealed that the average English scores over the last three years were below 5.0 on a ten-point scale, with attainment significantly lower outside the major cities. The Teaching and Learning
Admin December 1, 2019 203 Comments Off on Students increasingly opting for Ireland and Malta over the UK, say agentsEducation agents say they are increasingly assisting students to find schools in Ireland and Malta as English language study destinations, as difficulties due to Brexit and visa issues continue to hinder the process of sending students to the UK. Earlier this year, The PIE News reported that Turkish agents, in particular, were experiencing problems acquiring visas for students – and the difficulties are not
Admin December 1, 2019 268 Comments Off on A Doomsday List of Possible College Closures Inspired Panic and Legal Threats. That’s Telling.Higher education’s walking dead are already among us. Figuring out exactly who they are, though, is tricky and fraught. That fact came into sharp relief this week, when a college-advising company scuttled its plans to release a list of private, nonprofit colleges that it expects to run out of money and close in the coming years, according to a new