Open Doors 2016 Report on International Educational Exchange Released

 

IIE, together with the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, released the latest news on international students in the United States and U.S. students studying abroad in the 2016 Open Doors® Report on International Educational Exchange on November 14. The number of international students at U.S. colleges and universities surpassed one million for the first time during the 2015-16 academic year - an increase of seven percent from the previous year marks a new high, and brings the representation of international learners to a five percent of the total student population at U.S. institutions. Open Doors also reports that more than 313,000 U.S. students received credit last year for study abroad during 2014-15, an increase of nearly three percent over the previous year and an increasing number of U.S. students - over 22,000 in 2014-15 - participated in non-credit work, internships, and volunteering abroad to gain practical skills. The Open Doors findings reflect that students study abroad in part to gain international experience that can be applied in their careers. These findings were the subject of hundreds of news articles in the United States and around the world. IIE and ECA held a briefing and discussion of the new findings at the National Press Club in Washington DC. You can access the Open Doors presentation and photos from the event on the Open Doors multimedia website.

 

 

Number of International Students in U.S. Colleges at an All-time High, and California is the Destination of Choice - The Los Angeles Times 

 

A History Lesson on the Future of Foreign Enrollments - The Chronicle of Higher Education 

 

U.S. Colleges Look Outside China for New Foreign Students – Associated Press/Boston.com

 

More STEM Students Seek Experiences Abroad - Diverse: Issues in Higher Education 

International Student Numbers Top 1 Million - Inside Higher Ed