Great article! I’ll be writing up a similar post for DirectEd (https://directed.dev/ ) later this year and will be sure to reference and take inspiration from this excellently composed post.
I reacted to the claim “Many governments appear motivated to maintain and expand the number of higher education slots available for foreign students. Lobbying could enhance and accelerate these efforts.”
Anecdotally, Sweden only relatively recently shifted towards requesting (high) tuition for students coming from non-Eu countries, suggesting a different trend. I am not generally aware of the political sentiment towards international migration for higher education though but I’d be curious to see sources for this claim.
Having a charity in a similar space (digital migration for remote jobs for students in Kenya & Ethiopia), I am quite curious about your overhead costs. The 36%+ admin cost seems very high and I am wondering what you include in that. Whether assistance to take the exams and VISA are included for example?
Eurostat reports that, in 2021, overqualification rates amongst people with tertiary degree education who are non-EU was nearly 40%. Migrant integration statistics—over-qualification—Statistics Explained (europa.eu). This might cause some worry because it would suggest that using the average income within the country as the proxy may not be representative. Moreover, when looking at unemployment rates amongst foreign-born youth (15-29), the picture is not great. EU Citizens in their own country: 12.6%. Non-EU citizens: 20%.
The numbers may of course differ widely for this particular tertiary-educated sample of Malengo scholars, as they are selected for their merits etc.
Either way, looking forward to seeing the evidence speak for itself once the first two cohorts are out on the market!
Great article! I’ll be writing up a similar post for DirectEd (https://directed.dev/ ) later this year and will be sure to reference and take inspiration from this excellently composed post.
I reacted to the claim “Many governments appear motivated to maintain and expand the number of higher education slots available for foreign students. Lobbying could enhance and accelerate these efforts.”
Anecdotally, Sweden only relatively recently shifted towards requesting (high) tuition for students coming from non-Eu countries, suggesting a different trend. I am not generally aware of the political sentiment towards international migration for higher education though but I’d be curious to see sources for this claim.
Having a charity in a similar space (digital migration for remote jobs for students in Kenya & Ethiopia), I am quite curious about your overhead costs. The 36%+ admin cost seems very high and I am wondering what you include in that. Whether assistance to take the exams and VISA are included for example?
Eurostat reports that, in 2021, overqualification rates amongst people with tertiary degree education who are non-EU was nearly 40%. Migrant integration statistics—over-qualification—Statistics Explained (europa.eu). This might cause some worry because it would suggest that using the average income within the country as the proxy may not be representative. Moreover, when looking at unemployment rates amongst foreign-born youth (15-29), the picture is not great. EU Citizens in their own country: 12.6%. Non-EU citizens: 20%.
The numbers may of course differ widely for this particular tertiary-educated sample of Malengo scholars, as they are selected for their merits etc.
Either way, looking forward to seeing the evidence speak for itself once the first two cohorts are out on the market!