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Frosty US-China relations hits international education
Messy, messy. Waging a trade war against China when you are addicted to their cheap products is an iffy proposition in itself. But there are so many entanglements in this global era that what started as tariffs on steel and aluminum has spread into so many areas. And education is one of them! The State Department has made some slightly mixed comments on Chinese students studying in the US recently. To wade through the details, there is an interesting article in Inside Higher ed.
How universities can better support international students
Ali Najaf, a former international student in Canada, recently wrote an interesting artucle for University affairs on the main problems that international students have. He goes on to offer some suggestions on things post-secondary institutions can do to make students’ experiences change from good to remarkable.
Read the article in University Affairs.
Suicide and international students: a real but little discussed problem
This year, a coroner’s report from Australia determined that offshore students are more likely than their domestic peers to suddenly take their own lives. There have been at least 15 suicides amongst international students in British Columbia in recent years. The Vancover Sun recently ran a story on this issue and interviewed a number of current and former international students to ask them for their insights into the root of this problem.
Read more in the Vancouver Sun.
Exploitative higher education internationalisation is dead
The title says it all, doesn’t it? The writing makes it obvious that the author has spent most of their life living in the ivory tower of academia, but the article makes some important points.
Read the article in University World News.
Computer edition of CAEL to be delivered in China
In the summer, Paragon Testing (a subsidiary of the University of British Columbia) announced that it had signed an agreement with the National Education Examinations Authority of the Chinese Ministry of Education to deliver the Canadian Academic English Test in the People’s Republic of China.
UQAM develops app for new Canadians
The Universite du Quebec a Montreal is developing a new app to consolidate all the resources and services newcomers need into one place. The app will help newcomers find housing, sign their kids up for school, open a bank account and the like. The app is supposed to be ready in November this year.
Read more in the Montreal Journal (if you read French).
City councillor claims international students partly to blame for low vacancy rate
The city of Kingston in Ontario has an extremely low rental housing rate of 0.6%. While the city struggles to come up with a solution to the problem, one city councillor is arguing that an important factor that is being ignored is the large number of international students in the city.
Read more on Global News.
San Diego State University lays off all full-time ESL teachers
Teachers were expecting some layoffs because of declining enrolment, but were apparently shocked to find out that all full-time teachers were being let go. Classes will continue and the American language Institute will not close. Part-time teachers have been recruited to teach, making it clear that the university was looking to slash the costs of benefits that go along with full-time jobs.
Read more in The Pie News.
International student arrested for working too much
An international student in Ontario was arrested by the OPP when it was discovered that he had been working more than the 20 hours a week that those in the country on a student visa are allowed to work. The student has said that his expenses as an international student became too much for his family back home to afford and so he needed to work more.
Read more on Global News.