US: pressure to withdraw DHS proposal
HE providers and international education stakeholders in the US are adding pressure to overturn a proposal to end the ‘duration of status’ policy.
HE providers and international education stakeholders in the US are adding pressure to overturn a proposal to end the ‘duration of status’ policy.
The numbers of international students joining US intensive English programs fell by around 3.5% in 2019, with English USA revealing the "sobering" news that some 80 IEP programs have closed since 2017.
The USA's ESL sector faces an "existential threat" - stakeholders have spoken about the difficult choices facing them as new federal guidance mandates in-person teaching in the fall semester, with no online instruction at all allowed on ESL courses.
EnglishUSA will expand its membership to include pathway programs and individuals, as it continues to support the US English language sector.
EnglishUSA is launching a new online community called EnglishUSA Engage, which will allow members to connect, learn and share from an online platform.
The ELT sector in the US was given a strong pat on the back from the State Department's Carolina Casagrande at the EnglishUSA conference - stakeholders said they felt emboldened that the government is showing its support.
Intensive English Language providers in the US saw another year of declining enrolments in 2018, but the downward trend has started to “level”, new IIE figures have revealed.
Difficult trading conditions in the last 12 months have contributed to a number of intensive English program closures and a dip in EnglishUSA membership re-enrolment figures.