Lower fees for foreign students

NOTTINGHAM, UK–Bahram Bekhradnia, director of the Higher Education Policy Institute, said the UK was in danger of pricing itself out of the market as global competition for students shifts. Speaking at the “Global Perspective: Our International Future” conference at the University of Nottingham, he said the successful internationalisation of higher education full story

Latinos: A potential force in Camden

CAMDEN, NJ–Shoppers greet each other in Spanish as they maneuver past colorful storefronts along Federal Street in East Camden. One after another, they pass taco stands, Mexican restaurants, “pastelerias” or bakeries, and other businesses geared toward Hispanics. Salsa music blaring from a car cruising down the street adds to full story

Immigrant students need education, also

HATTIESBURG, MS–It is interesting to note that the U.S. Census Bureau reports that the number of immigrants in Mississippi fell by more than 3 percent last year. But the number of immigrant students in Pine Belt schools has grown significantly. And that poses some difficult issues for the schools and students, especially if the students do not speak English. full story

Learning the language: Cape schools program helps students grasp English

CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO–Details come slowly. At first, all Ashley Hardin knows is a name. Hardin learns the girl arrived from Honduras and has never before been in school. The student speaks Spanish, but can’t read it. She hasn’t been taught that letters form words, have specific sounds or are read from left to right. She knows no English but “hello.” full story

Educating Asia

FREDRICTON, CANADA–For the third time in recent months, Canada has launched a bold, new initiative to attract international students to our country’s colleges and universities.
The “Imagine Education in Canada” brand, the product of a high-level meeting of provincial education ministers this week in full story

Joan and Shirley ‘major’ in ESOL

FERMANAGH, IRELAND–When 26 Balcas trainees from Eastern European countries, some with little or no English, are able to pass their English as a Second Language test following two hours a week in-house classes over a 15-week period, it says much for their tutors, and the ’students’ themselves. full story