IIE President Allan Goodman’s special guest blog post "Beyond Student Recruitment: 5 Countries American Universities Should Watch in 2013" was published this week in the Chronicle of Higher Education’s WorldWise Blog, which features "Commentary from globetrotting higher education thinkers." 

In his essay, he offers insight on countries and regions to watch, based on work that IIE has been doing together with U.S. higher education in some key countries and regions.

"International-student recruitment will undoubtedly remain a priority in 2013 for American colleges and universities. China, of course, will continue to be a major focus of those efforts, in addition to new growth markets, like Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Venezuela.

At the institute, however, we have been working with American higher-education institutions to engage with other countries and regions in ways that go beyond student recruitment. Based on our own efforts and the desire that we see on many campuses to develop comprehensive international strategies, we would like to suggest these as places to watch in 2013..."

Read the full blog post here: http://chronicle.com/blogs/worldwise/beyond-student-recruitment-5-countries-american-universities-should-watch-in-2013/31379