PREDICTIONS FOR WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN 2017
Future of Study Abroad
The year 2016 was momentous for everyone involved in overseas education, whether in India or abroad. We at Global Tree saw (and helped) record numbers of students achieve their dreams of studying at world-renowned institutions around the globe. As visa regulations tightened in some countries and were relaxed elsewhere, we rolled with the punches to keep things easy and simple for our clients. At Global Tree, we're excited for what 2017 will bring. As well as greater prosperity and freedom of travel, we expect a significant increase in new intakes across the higher education academic year. From the USA (which has long been the traditional hotbed of global higher education) to Australia and everywhere in between, more and more universities will open their doors to students around the world. We expect Indian learners to form a very large proportion of those numbers.
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Speaking of the USA, it's one of the geographies of particular interest for us and the overseas education industry at large. Community colleges seem as though they will finally get more of the attention they deserve, with President-Elect Donald Trump already promising to focus on jobs and grassroots education. This could make the USA an even more attractive destination, as community colleges offer a fundamentally sound education for a fraction of the price that state-run and private universities charge. And meanwhile, traditional four-year colleges will continue to actively invite Indian and foreign students, who pump billions of dollars per year into the American economy, in the form of tuition costs and living expenses. 2017 could also be the year that European and UK universities begin to re-open and re-welcome Indians into their student bodies.
While the impending arrival of the Brexit makes the forecast here difficult to pinpoint, a considerable shift in education policy is not out of the question. In both the UK and continental Europe, where many countries require an influx of foreign students to study and eventually supplement their populations and labor forces, opportunities could arise that diligent, talented Indian students could capitalize on. Whatever happens, and wherever it happens, 2017 will be a bright year for lakes of Indian students. This will be the year that many of you finally realize your dreams of studying overseas, be it in the UK, the USA, Australia, or a growing market. And it will be the beginning of a very exciting, international journey for everyone involved!
So from all of us at Global Tree, all the very best for 2017!
