The latest Open Doors Report has prompted a mixed reaction, ranging from excitement about increasing educational exchange to concerns that new start declines are continuing.

International student first time enrolment at US institutions continued to decline for the third year running, new data has revealed. But the 0.9% decrease suggests the decline is levelling, and OPT remains a draw.

Some 341,751 US students participated in study abroad programs for academic credit in the 2017/18 academic year, Open Doors data has revealed.

Graduates in the US are less inclined to join overseas learning programs due to a lack of opportunities stakeholders have said, after IIE released a report showing that only 3.4% of students in US graduate programs participated in overseas learning activities in 2016/17.

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.

The first ever Global Forum for the Institute of International Education’s PEER initiative was held in New York City on April 4, and brought together international educators and facilitators to discuss refugee education in 2019.

A new scholarship administered by IIE offers STEM graduates the chance to study fully-funded at Khalifa University of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi.

Access to education, for the disadvantaged, or refugees, or for those who technology can enable, was a central conversation at the IIE Summit in New York.