Centralised info would be welcome, says a student advocacy body, for international students headed to the US regarding vaccine requirements at universities. Rules vary according to region or institution profile.

Though the methods of delivery are evolving rapidly we are still in a unique position of trust in our industry. Young people and their families depend on us, and we must never forget that

Even career services, if they don't have hands-on international experience, they don't know what it's like to be a foreigner in a foreign land

Now is the time where higher education has to refocus and ask 'how do we attract these students?'

The International Coalition for Global Education and Exchange will seek to advocate the "critical value of global engagement and public diplomacy".

Some 50% of US higher education institutions that took part in an IIE survey have reported that international student application numbers are lower than in previous years, 18% said they saw a “substantial decline”.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has confirmed that newly enrolled international students on fully online courses will "likely not be able to obtain" F-1 or M-1 visas, to the dismay of many in the sector.

The USA's ESL sector faces an "existential threat" - stakeholders have spoken about the difficult choices facing them as new federal guidance mandates in-person teaching in the fall semester, with no online instruction at all allowed on ESL courses.