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British Higher Ed's Visa Tensions
In stripping London Metropolitan of the right to sponsor international students, regulators cite "systemic failures." But the debate over the university's fate is entangled with larger debates about international students and immigration.
Buyer Beware
New research suggests that students recruited through agents are likely to be less well-prepared for college.
Foreign Grad Admissions Up 9%
Offers to Chinese students are up 20 percent, but figures for India and South Korea are flat.
No Shortcut
In international education, has emphasis on recruiting overshadowed old-fashioned credential evaluation?
Cost of Using Recruiting Agents
British universities spent more than $93 million on commissions in 2010-11, and most say they don't know if their international students also paid.
Watch Out for Fake Colleges
High-ranking State Department official warns administrators against sham schools that target international students.
Friendless in America
Study finds that nearly 40% of foreign students report having no close American friends. Those who study in the South have more American friends.
What Chinese Students Want
Experts offer insight into why Chinese students choose the universities that they do, what they can pay, and what their English levels are really like.