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Survey Finds Foreign Students Aren’t Applying to American Colleges

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A new survey reveals that nearly 40% of universities in the US experienced a decline in international applications from countries, China, India, and especially the Middle East. http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/survey-finds-foreign-students-aren-t-applying-american-colleges-n738411

According to the survey, the most frequently noted concerns of international students and their families include:

– Perception of a rise in student visa denials at U.S. embassies and consulates in China, India, and Nepal.

– Perception that the climate in the U.S. is now less welcoming to individuals from other countries.

– Concerns that benefits and restrictions around visas could change, especially around the ability to travel, re-entry after travel, and employment opportunities.

– Concerns that the Executive Order travel ban might expand to include additional countries.

A decrease in international enrollment at some schools could have a great economic impact, given that international students brought more than $32 billion in 2016 into the U.S. economy.

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What is the impact of the US international students decline on the US other than economic impact mentioned above? What is the effect on higher education institutes in the world?

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http://college.usatoday.com/2017/04/12/college-applications-from-international-students-are-taking-a-hit/

https://www.masterstudies.com/news/New-Trends-in-US-International-Student-Enrollment-1535/

http://www.aacrao.org/docs/default-source/TrendTopic/Immigration/intl-survey-results-released.pdf?sfvrsn=0

Job-Hunting Season Kicks Off in Japan

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How can university students get a job in your country? Japan has a unique job hunting custom. Companies decide the job hunting schedule each year, affecting students significantly. In this year, companies started to hold seminars from March 1st and will be allowed to fully begin selection procedures, such as interviews and written exams, from June. http://www.nippon.com/en/behind/l10171/

You can learn more about the Japanese job hunting tradition from here: http://www.nippon.com/en/column/g00365/

I would appreciate it if you could share your countries’ cases about job hunting.

The evolution of the balance between private and public funding in Higher Education and trends for the future : the case of Japan

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Thank you for your attention to my presentation! I upload my slides and the abstract of my presentation.

There are three main points in my presentation.
(1) University subsidies from the Japanese government have decreased in the last 10 years. This is because the 18-year-olds population has decreased and the budget of the social security has increased rapidly due to the aging society.
(2) On the other hand, private funding has increased recently. One reason is that universities need to collaborate with companies because it can strengthen universities’ budget. The other reason is that companies think that using universities’ research result is effective in terms of creating innovation.
(3) The government of Japan has several strategies to increase universities’ income from private companies.

Additionally, I added another data about university’ income structure in the case of University of Tokyo and UC Berkeley (see the last slide). Although both of those are public universities, their income ratios are different from each other. The University of Tokyo depends more on the administrative subsidies. This is one reason why the Ministry of Finance in Japan wants to cut the subsidy more.

Finally, I would appreciate it if you could share the following information. ①What is your countries’ situation about the balance between private and public funding in Higher Education and its trend? and ②What is the effective way to increase the income from private companies?

https://edblogs.columbia.edu/inafu6653-001-2017-1/files/2017/02/HE-Sho-Ito-27ehwev.pdf

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Thank you for the many comments! I upload original data about university’s income from industries. The graph I used in the presentation is from the “Digest of Japanese Science and Technology Indicators 2016” by National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP) in Japan, but the original data is from OECD Research and Development Statistics except for China. The data is slightly different between NISTEP and OECD, which is because NISTEP modified a little based on each country’s situation.

This is the data from OECD. I found Chilean data, so included it. https://edblogs.columbia.edu/inafu6653-001-2017-1/files/2017/02/Gross-domestic-expenditure-on-R-D-by-sector-of-performance-and-source-of-funds-（OECD）-1dlpbft.xml . And here is the website http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=GERD_FUNDS . You can see each country’s data by selecting “Higher education” as a sector of performance. You can see not only the ratio of business enterprise but also the one of non-profit enterprise or funds from abroad.

Also, since China is not a member of OECD, NISTEP used the China Statistical Yearbook. http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/ndsj/2014/indexeh.htm. https://edblogs.columbia.edu/inafu6653-001-2017-1/files/2017/02/China-Statistical-Yearbook-2014-29fo4lt.xlsx .