Source: Inside Higher Ed
Higher education institutions are likely to undergo a drop in enrollment and applications from Chinese students if the coronavirus outbreak isn’t contained.
College programs have had to cancel study abroad programs in China, and recruiting efforts have been cancelled in the region.
As China remains largely shut down, students in China who were studying in the US are unable to return, and meanwhile, universities in America will have to look for alternative ways to build their funding, as much of it has relied on the enrollment of international students from China.
“I think it’s going to send a message about dependency in terms of the Chinese flow. I think that is going to be with us for a while even if we’re able to catch our breath from this and things improve dramatically over the next few weeks and we’re able to rebuild that pipeline. I feel that schools are now going to need to take seriously becoming much more open to putting their resources into recruitment in other parts of the world,” said William Brustein, VP of global strategies and international affairs at West Virginia University.
He noted that Chinese students are the largest population of international students in America and American universities therefore heavily rely on them for cash flow.
Read Full Story: Inside Higher Ed