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Small town charms attract fewer students in the US each year. Why? It seems calm environment, opportunity to focus on learning and strong ties with local community apparently don’t provide enough excitement for most. Could this seeming decline in small liberal arts...

There are so many great recruitment opportunities on the Kazakhstan student market for the international educators out there. Kazakhstan is a talent pool that offers a huge untapped potential for diversifying your student body. Located in central Asia, Kazakhstan is the...

As internationalisation of higher education is growing fast in many parts of the world, student recruitment becomes an increasingly competitive field. In their endeavour to earn students’ trust and attention, many universities refer to agents, especially when targeting...

Richard D. Lewis’ cultural typology model may be fascinating, but it is surely not exhaustive and universally applicable to each and every country in the world. There are many countries that actually do not fit straight into any of the 3 main types we’ve been...

Between linear-active and multi-active cultures we see the reactive culture type. We consider it falling in the middle, displaying features that are characteristic of both linear- and multi-active worlds. Richard D. Lewis defines reactive cultures through a strong emphasis on...

Multi-active countries represent a culture where relationships are more important than schedules. The usual course of action here would be adapting to situations as they come and paying close attention to the relationships you build on the way. People from...

Students from linear-active countries traditionally come from Western Europe and North America. These regions are also among the biggest players in international student recruitment – both in sending and hosting. So, today we’ll find out what linear-active...

Taiwan is one of the Four Asian Tigers and among the leading countries in the world in terms of industrial and high-tech development. An island country located in the South China Sea with a population of about 23 million, Taiwan (or the Republic of China) hasn’t been recognized...

Some 40 years ago, China accounted to 0.5% of global trade. Today, China is the world’s leading economic power and home to nearly 600 billionaires. In recent years, China’s middle class has experienced a booming growth with more than 27 million families earning annual income...

The so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution is transforming workforces and labour markets globally in ways we are yet to see and fully understand, and the relationship between education and the future of jobs is becoming more important than ever. When we start thinking abou...

Could Latin America see the emergence of a new Silicon Valley? If so, how far off could we expect this to happen? How does the current education system prepare local students for a successful entry into the challenging and rapidly growing tech sector? Does it give them the...

Latin America is a land full of untapped resources and opportunities, and Bolivia is no exception. In 2008, The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor revealed that in spite of being one of the region’s poorest countries, Bolivia had the highest entrepreneurship potential in the...