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Your Official Source on U.S. Higher EducationEducationUSA.state.govwww.EducationUSA.info
WHAWHA Western HemisphereWestern Hemisphere
Latin America & the Latin America & the Caribbean:Caribbean:
Regional Updates and Regional Updates and TrendsTrends
Your Official Source on U.S. Higher EducationEducationUSA.state.gov
Regional Overview of EducationUSARegional Overview of EducationUSA
Your Official Source on U.S. Higher EducationEducationUSA.state.gov
Regional Overview of EducationUSARegional Overview of EducationUSA
Your Official Source on U.S. Higher EducationEducationUSA.state.gov
• 107 centers in 31 countries
• 121 EducationUSA Advisers
• 67,711 students studying in the U.S.
Regional Overview of EducationUSARegional Overview of EducationUSA
Your Official Source on U.S. Higher EducationEducationUSA.state.gov
WHA: South Am:
MCAC:
Breakdown of Host Institutions:Breakdown of Host Institutions:
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Services to US institutionsServices to US institutions
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• Connect U.S. reps with students in person or virtually (EdUSA Connects)
• Act as liaison between U.S. and local academic and government institutions to foster partnerships
• Organize the EducationUSA fairs
• Information on local credentialing, transcripts, & accreditation
• Coordinate logistics for visits to local institutions
• Disseminate Weekly Update to Advisers and HEI News to U.S. institutions
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Services to StudentsServices to Students• Access to reference material and Internet
• Regular group and individual advising sessions
• Admissions-related thematic workshops (essay writing, fields of study, financial aid, etc)
• Offer criteria based selection process to help match students with U.S. colleges & universities
• Connect students to admissions offices according to students interests
• Offer information on exams and test prep
• Offer pre-departure orientations
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Your Official Source on U.S. Higher EducationEducationUSA.state.gov
i EducationUSAi EducationUSA
EdUSAtips, EdUSAupdates
www.facebook.com/EducationUSA
www.youtube.com/educationusatv
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Outreach & Expanding AudiencesOutreach & Expanding Audiences• USG Youth Programs
– Youth Ambassadors, College Horizons, Student Leaders
• English Language Programs– USG Micro-Access
Scholarships– Local GOV and NGO push
• EducationUSA country-wide outreach
• Opportunity Funds
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Opportunity fundsOpportunity funds
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• Southern Cone: Brazil and Paraguay
• Andean Region: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
• MCAC: Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
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Top Places of Origin Top Places of Origin
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Student Mobility Trends: MexicoStudent Mobility Trends: Mexico
46%
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Student Mobility: Central AmericaStudent Mobility: Central America
Place of Origin % Ugrad % Grad 07/08 08/09 % Δ
64 Honduras 73.2 17.5 1,068 1,226 15%
67 El Salvador 75.3 14.0 940 1,184 26%
69 Panama 64.3 24.1 1,130 1,133 0%
70 Guatemala 66.8 21.3 1,019 1,094 7%
74 Costa Rica 48.5 40.6 927 1,027 11%
101 Nicaragua 66.7 20.5 389 448 15%
Totals 5,473 6,112 12%
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• Pull Factor: ≈
38% go to FL & NY
State % of TotalFlorida 22%
New York 16%
Texas 7%
DC 4%
Massachusetts 4%
Student Mobility Trends: Student Mobility Trends: CaribbeanCaribbean
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Ratio of students in the US per 10,000 of
tertiary aged population
Sources: • UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2009• Open Doors Report, 2009
% of college age population
in the U.S.
Caribbean 40Oceania 19East Asia 16Europe 15Central America & Mexico 15Middle East 13South America 9South & Central Asia 7West Africa 5Southeast Asia 5East Africa 4Sourthern Africa 4Central Africa 3North Africa 2
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Student Mobility Trends: CaribbeanStudent Mobility Trends: Caribbean
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Student Mobility Data: BrazilStudent Mobility Data: Brazil
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Student Mobility Trends: BrazilStudent Mobility Trends: Brazil• Intensive English to build capacity for World
Cup 2014 and 2016 Olympics
• USG 6-year strategy focusing on EducationUSA & IEPs
• Increasing numbers of undergraduate students
• Ranks 11th as sending country for professors/researchers
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Government Sponsorship & Policies: Government Sponsorship & Policies: ColombiaColombia
• Colciencias: Colombian Government Science Research Organization– Bicentenial Scholarship Program– Program Goal: To train 3,000 new Ph.D.s by 2019– 200 to 300 full scholarships per year
• ICETEX: Colombian Institute of Educational Credit and Technical Study Abroad– Loans for English Study and for Graduate Study
Abroad
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• Colfuturo– Founded as a public private partnership; now a
private NGO funded by the private sector
– Provides loans that become scholarships under certain conditions
– Graduate study only
– Up to US $25,000 per year
– More than 1,000 students were selected for the program in 2009
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Government Sponsorship: ColombiaGovernment Sponsorship: Colombia
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• Instituto Ecuatoriano de Crédito Educativo y Becas (IECE) – up to $20,000 to complete degree (Undergrad and
Graduate) in a foreign country
• SENACYT (Secretaría Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología)– up to 60 months of graduate studies in Science and
Technology
• Unidad ABC Quito Municipal Government– up to $17,000 to complete degree (Undergraduate) in a
foreign country.
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Government Sponsorship & Policies: Government Sponsorship & Policies: EcuadorEcuador
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Opportunities for All YaOpportunities for All Ya’’llll
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• New Gov Scholarships: Panama, D.R., Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil
• Renewed interest in the Caribbean – CXC & College Fair Tour
• Surge in English language learning (Brazil, Honduras, Colombia, Peru, Panama)
• Brazil: petroleum engineering and all related fields
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How to Connect with WHAHow to Connect with WHA• Create relationships – an oral culture
• Give a presentation in an advising center
• Participate in college fairs (in-person or alumni)
• Join your study state consortia
• EdUSA Connects, DVC, Skype, social media
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October 2010
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday4 5 6 7 8 9 10
American School of Tampico
John F. Kennedy School -
Querétaro
American School Foundation of Guadalajara
Greengates School - Mexico
City
American School Foundation of
Mexico City (workshop)
American School Foundation of
Mexico City (fair)
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
American School Foundation of
Monterrey (fair)
American School Foundation of Monterrey (CIS
Institute)
For more information on registration and contact details:http://sites.google.com/site/mexicocollegefairtour2010
Questions? Email: [email protected]
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EducationUSA in EducationUSA in Panama and Panama and
Central AmericaCentral America1. SENACYT – IFARHU Scholarships
for Excellence Program
2. Abriendo Horizontes Project
3. Accreditation of Central American Universities and Programs
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1. SENACYT1. SENACYT--IFARHU face problems IFARHU face problems for sending students to US HEIfor sending students to US HEI
• Required English proficiency
• Entrance exams: SAT, GRE, GMAT
• Complicated Admissions Process
• Criteria: 200 top world universities: Shanghai and London Index
• New: Carnegie Classification: Masters and doctoral programs and ABET accredited (engineering)
• US$ 250,000 per student
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2. Abriendo Horizontes, 20082. Abriendo Horizontes, 2008• Stage 1: Administration of a battery
of written and oral tests in 2 languages
• Stage 2: 14 finalists sent to 8-week Language & Culture Intensive Program in 2 Missouri institutions
• Stage 3a: 3 students US-bound with full scholarships
• Stage 3b: 5 students prep for SENACYT competition
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3. CCA = Central America3. CCA = Central America’’s CHEAs CHEA Central American Council for Higher Education Central American Council for Higher Education
AccreditationAccreditation
• Sole Central American Region accreditation agency:
• Has 2-tier structure. Recognizes: (a) national accreditors; (b) regional programmatic accreditors: graduate programs, medicine, etc.
• Mission: (a) improve quality of CA higher education system
• (b) promote integration of Central America thru student mobility, credit equivalency and international recognition of degrees
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Headquarters, Universidad de Costa Rica
www.cca.ucr.ac.c r
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8. Academic - state universities
Multisector and regional representation
Central American Council for Higher Education Accreditation C C A
7 Nation Representation
1. Belice
3. Guatemala
5. El Salvador
2. Honduras
4. Nicaragua
7. Costa Rica
6. Panamá
3 Sectorial Representation
10. Academic -private universities
11. Governmental (Ministries of
Education)
12. Federated Student Associations
9. Federated Profesional bodies
CCA Organizational StructureCCA Organizational Structure
www.cca.ucr.ac.cr
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PERU PERU Present and FuturePresent and Future
EducationUSA Centers in PeruHost institutions
EducationUSA advisers
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Peru in NumbersPeru in Numbers The Prospective Market
• Secondary school population: Approx 7.7 million
• Tertiary level population: 551,000 (2007)• Students studying abroad 14,719 (2008)• Top Destinations
1) U.S. 4) Spain2) Chile 5) Germany3) Italy 6) France
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Peru in NumbersPeru in Numbers• Annual EducationUSA Contacts: 300,000
• Total number of students in the U.S.: 3, 598
• Undergraduate Students :1,798
• Graduate Students: 1,306
• Non- degree and OPT: 494
• Rank: 4th highest sending country in South America, 7th in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Peruvian Student Flows to the U.S. Peruvian Student Flows to the U.S. 2001 2001 -- 20092009
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Major TrendsMajor Trends
• English Language Study
• Sustained economic growth
• Major fields of interest
• Major areas of Interest within fields
• Rapid increase in use of social media for communication.
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EducationUSA in ChileEducationUSA in Chile
• Santiago
• Antofagasta
• La Serena
• Valparaíso/Viña del Mar
• Curicó
• Concepción
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Becas Chile Program Becas Chile Program –– Ministry of Ministry of EducationEducation
• 1 Government scholarship system
• Human capital development: Academic excellence & country development
• 30,000 grantees by 2017
• USD $6 billion
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• Three areas:
– Graduate degrees
– Technical programs with internships
– Pedagogy (including Study Abroad programs for undergraduate students and Internships for Science high school teachers)
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Becas Chile Program Becas Chile Program –– Ministry of Ministry of EducationEducation
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Becas Chile: Main BenefitsBecas Chile: Main Benefits
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• All tuition after discount or waiver from US university• Monthly stipend for housing and food of an average of
USD 1500• Medical insurance and books• Roundtrip• Opportunity to improve the level of English in Chile and
then in the US before beginning graduate studies (conditional admission required)
• Stipend for family (10% spouse and 5% children)• Obligation to return to Chile to work (same number of
years outside Santiago, double number
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YearScholarships
Masters / PhD Masters PhD
2008 148 / 99 23,4% 22,4%
2009 219 / 194 28,17% 36,0%
Becas Chile Program Becas Chile Program ––Ministry of EducationMinistry of Education
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EducationUSA & Becas ChileEducationUSA & Becas Chile
• Country-wide outreach to attract students
• Enabling partnerships with U.S. universities
• Bringing Becas Chile to an international audience
• Incorporating Ministry in training of EducationUSA Advisers
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Thank You!Thank You!Claudia Carrillo, AdviserSantiago, [email protected]
www.EducationUSA.state.govwww.EducationUSA.info
Tim Wright, REACMX, CentAm, [email protected]
Dr. Etty
Arjona, AdviserPanama City, [email protected]
Sandro
Molina, AdviserArequipa, [email protected]
Rita Moriconi, REACSouth America, S. [email protected]