Sunday, August 7, 2011

Students Going International

Student seeking out international study opportunities has grown steadily for more than three decades and signs would seem to indicate that the trend will continue for years to come.

Education at a Glance 2010, produced by OECD, contains two charts which show the steady upward trend of students from around the world seeking out opportunities to study outside of their native country. One chart shows that in 1975 about 800,000 students studied abroad and as of 2008 that number had grown to 3.3 million.



The next chart shows which countries attract the greatest number of international students. The USA, United Kingdom and Germany topped the list in both 2000 and in 2008.



It is interesting to note that the share of international students in the USA, United Kingdom and Germany is shrinking as more countries and institutions get into international student recruitment.  Ontario is one region that has taken an aggressive approach, as I noted in two earlier posts: Ontario Gov't Takes Action for International Students and The Competition for International Students Begins.

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