Privatized Pathways for Foreign Studentshttps://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/08/04/pathways U.S. colleges have increasingly turned to for-profit companies for help in recruiting international students. Now, with the growing popularity of “pathway” programs -- which feature a hybrid of credit-bearing coursework and instruction in English language and academic skills -- some institutions are also outsourcing the responsibility for teaching and supporting international students their first year on campus. By August 4, 2010 U.S. colleges have increasingly turned to for-profit companies for help in recruiting international students. Now, with the growing popularity of “pathway” programs -- which feature a hybrid of credit-bearing coursework and instruction in English language and academic skills -- some institutions are also outsourcing the responsibility for teaching and supporting international students their first year on campus. the airport and make “We do everything from pick them up at sure they’re safe and sound and taken care of the very first day, to provide them with enhanced learning opportunities so we can increase their chances to be successful academically and socially on of campus,” said Dean Kahler, executive director Navitas at WKU (Western Kentucky University). In his former role as associate vice president for enrollment management at with Navitas, a Western Kentucky, Kahler helped broker WKU’s contract Australian education company, to recruit for and manage a pathway program for international students. The 10-year contract, signed in January, was first such contract with an American university. But the company has Navitas’s since signed three more with the Universities of Massachusetts at Boston, – Dartmouth and Lowell. All four pathway programs are enrolling their first students this fall.
Privatized Pathways for Foreign Studentshttps://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/08/04/pathways U.S. colleges have increasingly turned to for-profit companies for help in recruiting international students. Now, with the growing popularity of “pathway” programs -- which feature a hybrid of credit-bearing coursework and instruction in English language and academic skills -- some institutions are also outsourcing the responsibility for teaching and supporting international students their first year on campus. By August 4, 2010 U.S. colleges have increasingly turned to for-profit companies for help in recruiting international students. Now, with the growing popularity of “pathway” programs -- which feature a hybrid of credit-bearing coursework and instruction in English language and academic skills -- some institutions are also outsourcing the responsibility for teaching and supporting international students their first year on campus. “We do everything from pick them up at the airport and make sure they’re safe and sound and taken care of the very first day, to provide them with enhanced learning opportunities so we can increase their chances to be successful academically and socially on campus,” said Dean Kahler, executive director of Navitas at WKU (Western Kentucky University). In his former role as associate vice president for enrollment management at Western Kentucky, Kahler helped broker WKU’s contract with Navitas, a Australian education company, to recruit for and manage a pathway program for international students. The 10-year contract, signed in January, was Navitas’s first such contract with an American university. But the company has since signed three more – with the Universities of Massachusetts at Boston, Dartmouth and Lowell. All four pathway programs are enrolling their first students this fall.
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