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News
Embedded US study centre
A new company, University Track Preparation (UTP), has been established to “bring a global learning experience to high schools in the USA” and assist with the integration of international students. Its first International Learning Center (ILC) opened at Saint Anthony’s High School, Long Island, New York, in September.
Business partners Doug Milstein and John McDonough have combined their backgrounds in international education to launch the UTP venture, the goal of which is to open ILCs at key high schools across the USA to not only help high school partners manage the complexities of international admission, international student services and English language preparation, but also to offer short-term study abroad options to American students. “Profoundly different from a placement organisation, we work as an integrated part of the school community and we are right on the school campus to assist students to get on track for their future university career,” said McDonough.
He added, “Through this centre UTP strives to make international education an inclusive, holistic experience that will give the Saint Anthony’s international students the necessary foundation for academic success in the USA and beyond.”
Survey
High school survey
In our first survey of North American high schools we discover that Chinese students dominate the nationality demographic on campus, followed by Mexicans. While study abroad advisors proved a trusted means of recruitment for 57 per cent of respondents.
• 20 schools took part in our survey of US and Canadian boarding and high schools
• The total number of international students at all the schools was 2,125
• Five schools had international study centres
• International students made up an average of 23 per cent of the total boarding community
• International student numbers ranged from 14 to 150
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Means of recruiting international students
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Grade six and under: 4.5%
Grades seven-to-nine: 19%
Grades 10-to-11: 53%
Grades12: 23%
Other 0.5% |
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Overseas advisors: 57%
Word-of-mouth: 20%
Internet: 16%
Other: 7%
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International students by course type
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Average cost of one term/semester for international students (including accomm.)
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Full time/exam courses: 91%
Academic year preparation: 4%
Short-term taster programmes: 3%
Summer activity: 2%
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Average:
(US$19,729)
From:
US$8,750
to:
US$38,500
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Top international student nationalities
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1. Chinese 28%
2. Mexican 15%
3. Korean 12%
4. German 6%
4. Brazilian 6%
6. Japanese 4%
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7. Hong Kong 3%
8. Taiwanese 3%
9. Vietnamese 2%
9. French 2%
9. Italian 2%
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Thank you to the following schools for providing data for this survey, in the USA: Fork Union Military Academy, Fork Union, VA; Fay School, Southborough, MA; Foxcroft School, Middleburg, VA; St. Andrew's School, Barrington, RI; Culver Academies, Culver, IN; The Webb School, Bell Buckle, TN; Massanutten Military Academy, Woodstock, VA; Phoenix Christian Unified Schools, Phoenix, AZ; Fountain Valley School of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO; Thomas Jefferson School, St. Louis, MO; The Brook Hill School, Bullard, TX; Riverside Military Academy, Gainsville, GA; Subiaco Academy, Subiaco, AR; St. John's Northwestern Military Academy, Delafield, WI; Wyoming Seminary College Preparatory School, Forty Fort, PA. In Canada: Queen Margaret's School, Duncan, BC, Braemar College, Toronto, ON; Burnaby School District, Burnaby, BC; Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools, Saskatoon, SK; Bishop's College School, Sherbrooke, QC.
Agent Profile
In our bi-monthly section, we ask an advisor that specialises in North American boarding school placements to tell us about their business and why they like working in this sector of the education travel industry. This month, we talk to Julia Alimochkina from Litera Scripta Manet in Russia.
 “Our agency was first established in 1998 and we typically place around five or six students in North American high schools each year. I find this sector of the market quite interesting in terms of finding the right school for a particular student. Every request has to be treated differently in its own way. We always need to take a student’s and his/her parents’ preferences more seriously as secondary school is basically the beginning of a child’s future career. His/her high school will influence university choice etc. Our agency started off in this sector by sending students for secondary school studies in Ireland. At one of the ICEF agent workshops we met with one guardian and high school placement agency in Ireland and this meeting grew into a good business relationship. We are still working with this partner and our business is growing from year-to-year. Now this sector makes up about 25-30 per cent of our business. In the US we work with a number of schools and in Canada we mainly work with school districts which offer public high school opportunities. All of them are good partners in their own way.” |
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