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A few years ago, I was asked by officials at the University of Alberta in Canada to give a workshop on trends in international education. When I began my research on the university, I was first taken to a site that promoted studying in Canada.

"The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion it has taken place."George Bernard Shaw

Questions applicants should ask before applying, after acceptance, and before enrolling. Questions admission deans and recruiters should ask of accepted and enrolled applicants.

A myth is a widely held but false belief or idea. Although there are more, I have identified five myths in higher education today that I think would be of interest to deans, administrators, and researchers.

In March 2024's column I shared some of the game changers in U.S. higher education. This month's article will feature some of the game changers taking place worldwide. The purpose of both articles is to bring awareness to policies and initiatives that may impact your administrative work now, and potentially, in the future.

Since 1948 the Institute of International Education, in collaboration with the United States' Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, has been gathering data and publishing statistics on the number of international students enrolling in American colleges and universities, their countries of origin, and the number of Americans students studying abroad. This is a definitive survey of international and U.S. higher education student mobility.

This is not an article about trends in higher education in the United States. But it is an article about developments in the way higher education in America is delivered and administered. Game changers, in the years to come, may, or may not, drastically impact how faculty and administrators conduct the business of educating students and how students pursue higher education after graduation from high school.

In October 2023, the results of a Global Student Satisfaction Awards of 3,610 colleges and universities in 200 countries conducted by Studyportals, Unibuddy, and the British Council IELTS were published.

Richard Chaite, Executive Director of the National Center for Postsecondary Governance and Finance at the University of Maryland, wrote the following in September 1989:

Most colleges and universities, seeking to recruit international students, use individual international recruiters as well as agents to enroll students worldwide.

In 1976, in an article in Boston College's Bridge Magazine, Dean of Admission, John Maguire, defined enrollment management as a process that brings together disparate functions related to recruiting, funding, tracking, and retaining students as they enroll, progress, and graduate.