Enrollment Management Round Table Podcast

The US has ratified a travel ban on several countries and it appears, by extension, to be making it tougher for students from other countries to feel welcome in the US. For example, the emerging trade war with China: Chinese authorities are publicly considering popping tariffs on students who want to study in the United States. Also, it appears the denial of US postgraduate Working Visas are making it tougher for grads to stay on and work at externships. If there indeed is a contraction of international students, how will this play out? Demographic Chasm Colleges have used international students as a ‘demographic patch’ to backfill in the under 20-year-old demographic. That patch could rapidly recede, and schools that rely on 17 to 20-year-old international students could be walking into a mess. Whats plan C for them? Britannia Rules the Seas Commonwealth countries are and will be sopping up the international student market left from the US, continuing to build on their high-quality and welcoming brand. F