Marc Pembroke (maplawqb@clic.net)
Mon, 25 Oct 1999 17:47:39 -0400
From: "Marc Pembroke" <maplawqb@clic.net> Subject: Re: Distance/Online Education and Student Exchange Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 17:47:39 -0400
List address to send message to everyone: ifets-discuss@LISTSERV.READADP.COM
Details of current discussion: http://ifets.ieee.org/discussions/discuss.html
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
I don't know of any specific research, however, I believe you could get
statistics directly from INS on the number of student visas issued each
year, and probably a breakdown by country.
What would be difficult to measure would be the decision-making process for
those who have a choice of actually coming to the U.S. or staying at home
and taking courses online. There are those who have a genuine interest in
research, and would not have come to the U.S. but for the need to attend a
particular institution. Such people would be likely to try a distance
learning alternative.
People who would not have qualified for a visa or who could not afford to
travel, or leave their homes may make up some of those taking distance ed.
courses.
Another factor is that some students come simply for the cross-cultural
experience. Some hope to find jobs and change their status to permanent
immigrants. In those cases, they would never say openly that their student
visa request is part of a larger plan to immigrate. The same people would be
unlikely to take distance ed courses because it would not further their
purpose in travelling to the states.
So, determining how many of each type of student there is may be impossible.
Clearly, distance education will be sought by many students around the
world. However, whether that will have an effect on student visa requests
depends on the strength of the other motivations for studying abroad.
Marc A. Pembroke
Directeur, Institut Auguste Lecerf
University of Phoenix practitioner faculty
6401, rue des Camomilles Apt 2
Charny, QC G6X3E8
Canada
(418) 832-7168
maplawqb@clic.net
http://www.clic.net/~maplawqb
----- Original Message -----
From: Eskola, Joe <jeskola@capella.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list IFETS-DISCUSS
<IFETS-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.READADP.COM>
Sent: Monday, October 25, 1999 1:07 PM
Subject: Distance/Online Education and Student Exchange
> List address to send message to everyone:
ifets-discuss@LISTSERV.READADP.COM
> Details of current discussion:
http://ifets.ieee.org/discussions/discuss.html
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
>
> Does anyone out there know of any research, articles, comments, etc.,
around
> the topic of the rapidly expanding distance/online education field and its
> potential effect on the flow of exchange students, particularly people
> coming to the U.S?
>
> This is an intriguing question that I am currently researching where the
> logical and almost obvious answer is that it will have some effect . . .
but
> what effect is the great unknown.
>
> I would greatly appreciate any comments or feedback.
>
> Joe Eskola
> Capella University and Master's student in international education at the
> University of Minnesota
> jeskola@capella.edu <mailto:jeskola@capella.edu>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Forum website: http://ifets.ieee.org/
> Forum's contact person: kinshuk@massey.ac.nz
> Info on Join/Leave List: http://ifets.ieee.org/maillist.html
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
---------------------------------------------------------
Forum website: http://ifets.ieee.org/
Forum's contact person: kinshuk@massey.ac.nz
Info on Join/Leave List: http://ifets.ieee.org/maillist.html
---------------------------------------------------------
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.0b3 on Tue 26 Oct 1999 - 01:39:23 MEST