By Alex Usher. It’s not like it’s impossible to do.  In the UK, the University and College Application Service simply analyses the postal codes of applicants and students and use that to track changes over time.  Are student entry rates going up or down for poor students transferring directly from secondary school?  You don’t need to guess. More...

By Alex Usher. A couple of people have pointed out that I may have rushed to some conclusions about the meaning behind the International education strategy.  Isn’t it possible, some asked, that this wasn’t about a new strategy to attract students, but a strategy to send students abroad. More...

By Alex Usher. The initial impression made by this phrasing is not very good.  Sure, it makes sense that within the Government of Canada, Global Affairs and ESDC takes the lead on this file.  But the lack of any mention of provinces, faculty, universities, colleges, etc, in the announcement – the people who pay for and deliver post-secondary education and who will have to deal with any changes to international education policy – should ring alarm bells. More...

By Alex Usher. On Monday, Campus France (which is roughly equivalent to Canada’s CBIE, if CBIE were an arms-length government agency) published its new Stratégie d’attractivité pour les étudiants internationaux.  It’s an intriguing document for a couple ofreasons so I thought I would talk a bit about it today. More...