Australian Catholic University halts 2025 recruitment due to Aussie enrolment cap
A post circulating on LinkedIn appears to show the Australian Catholic University updating its agent partners with information that explains due to the government’s National Planning Level, the university will no longer be offering places for 2025 courses that fall under the proposed caps “Regrettably due to the recent policy updates, the NPL being implemented by the Australian government, and the high demand for ACU programs, we have reached our provider limit for 2025. We will no longer issue offers…
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US sees continued growth in international applications
Of the 662 US institutions surveyed in IIE’s Spring 2024 Snapshot survey, 53% indicated that international applications were up compared to the previous year, while 30% said that numbers had remained the same and 17% recorded a decrease. Previously, in 2022/23, 65% of institutions recorded a growth, and 61% in 2023/24. “The data suggests that there is a continued need for and commitment to advance diversity in global exchange. Reference Link: https://thepienews.com/us-international-applications-grow-iie-report/
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Canadian institutions seek to regain India interest amid shifting policy landscape
Amid reports of waning interest and a drop in study permits among Indian students, Canadian stakeholders are looking to reshape perceptions of studying in Canada. Though only 2,181 Indian students enrolled in universities across Canada in 2000, that number jumped to a mammoth 128,928 in 2021, a 5800% growth in the last two decades. By 2023, the number of international students in Canada stood at over 4,20,000, according to data released by India’s Ministry of External Affairs, Indian students made…
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Canada Announces New Limits on International Student Numbers
The Canadian government announced on Wednesday a series of new measures for international students. The government said it will further reduce the number of international student permits by another 10 percent, setting the new target at 437,000 permits for the next two years, down from 485,000 permits in 2024, Erudera.com reports. Reference Link : https://erudera.com/news/canada-announces-new-limits-on-international-student-numbers/
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US Restricts Study Abroad for F-1 Visa Holders
International students in the US will no longer be able to study abroad for longer than five months as part of what stakeholders believe could be an "unintended consequence" of a new policy change. New policy changes from the US immigration agency state that F-1 visa holders can only participate in study abroad programs shorter than five months in order to maintain their student status in the country. Reference Link: https://thepienews.com/us-restricts-study-abroad-for-f-1-visa-holders/
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