US: IEP numbers down 10%, but decline has started to “level” – IIE
Intensive English Language providers in the US saw another year of declining enrolments in 2018, but the downward trend has started to “level”, new IIE figures have revealed.
Intensive English Language providers in the US saw another year of declining enrolments in 2018, but the downward trend has started to “level”, new IIE figures have revealed.
Difficult trading conditions in the last 12 months have contributed to a number of intensive English program closures and a dip in EnglishUSA membership re-enrolment figures.
In a survey of its members, English USA found nearly 80% of the IEPs that responded had seen a decline in their 2016 spring enrolments compared to the year before. Only 10% said they had more springtime enrolments in 2016.
The Department of Homeland Security has released a report outlining issues brought forward by international education stakeholders at the NAFSA conference in May. The document promises solutions will be made to key concerns throughout 2016.
A presentation on Working with Foreign Government Scholarship Programs in the Middle East and West Africa was a stand-out seminar at English USA's stakeholder conference for its practical advice on building business from the fastest-growing student source market for US educators.
English Australia and English USA, the representative bodies for the English language teaching sectors in each country, have both appointed new executive leaders. Cheryl Delk Le-Good and Brett Blacker spoke with The PIE News about their new roles.
EnglishUSA’s seventh annual Professional Development conference welcomed record attendance this year as IEPs gathered to help galvanise the sector and learn from peers across the country.
Earlier this month, IEP provdiers gathered at the second annual English USA stakeholders conference where dialogue centred around sector-wide growth that is being driven by quality control and major expansion into pathway programmes.