there was just an article in this morning’s Insider Higher education about admission staff looking to recruit international students who are already here in the U.S.
WASHINGTON – At American University, in Washington, D.C., admissions staff don’t have to travel far to reach a sizable portion of international applicants. American’s director of international admissions, Evelyn Levinson, said nearly a quarter of this year’s freshman undergraduate international applicants – 23 percent – attended high school in the U.S.
A session Friday at the annual NAFSA: Association of International Educators conference focused on opportunities to recruit international students close to home, including international students who attend U.S. high schools and those who come to college campuses for short-term programs.
An analysis by the Institute of International Education found that there were 81,981 international students studying at U.S. high schools in 2016, the vast majority of whom (72 percent) were degree-seeking students on F visas, while the remainder (28 percent) were exchange students on J visas. China was by far the leading country of origin for students seeking full degrees in U.S. high schools, followed by South Korea, Vietnam, Mexico and Japan.
https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2019/06/03/nafsa-session-focuses-recruiting-international-students-close-home