The World View

AIEA leadership responds to the World View blog, "Is U.S. International Education Building a Wall?"

There are signs that parts of the American higher education establishment would like to construct a barrier on the northern border to separate the U.S. from Canada.

International education conferences have evolved into major trade fairs or industry gatherings.

The 2019 Conference of the Americas on International Education attracted a record number of almost 1,000 participants from Latin America, the Caribbean, Canada, Europe, China and New Zealand, but little participation from the U.S.

Recently, 87 percent of high school college counselors in China said that their students and parents are now reconsidering plans for study in the U.S.

While UNESCO clearly stands against sexual harassment, the institution may need to pay attention to abuses where it has lent the credibility of its name.

This exaggerated expectations of higher education institutions sometimes overlook the importance of commitment from other stakeholders.

Closing the doors to foreign scholars and foreign investment may hurt us all in the end.