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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


• 107 centers in 31 countries

• 121 EducationUSA Advisers

• 67,711 students studying in the U.S.

Regional Overview of EducationUSARegional Overview of EducationUSA


WHA: South Am:

MCAC:

Breakdown of Host Institutions:Breakdown of Host Institutions:

Your Official Source on U.S. Higher Education

Services to US institutionsServices to US institutions

EducationUSA.state.gov

• 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


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



i EducationUSAi EducationUSA

EdUSAtips, EdUSAupdates

www.facebook.com/EducationUSA

www.youtube.com/educationusatv

http://www.facebook.com/EducationUSA

http://www.youtube.com/educationusatv


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



Opportunity fundsOpportunity funds


• Southern Cone: Brazil and Paraguay

• Andean Region: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela

• MCAC: Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama


Top Places of Origin Top Places of Origin



Student Mobility Trends: MexicoStudent Mobility Trends: Mexico

46%


Your Official Source on U.S. Higher Educationwww.EducationUSA.state.gov

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%


• 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



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


Student Mobility Trends: CaribbeanStudent Mobility Trends: Caribbean


Student Mobility Data: BrazilStudent Mobility Data: Brazil



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


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



• 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


Government Sponsorship: ColombiaGovernment Sponsorship: Colombia


• 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.


Government Sponsorship & Policies: Government Sponsorship & Policies: EcuadorEcuador


Opportunities for All YaOpportunities for All Ya’’llll


• 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


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



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)


Mexico City (fair)

11 12 13 14 15 16 17


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]


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



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



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


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


Headquarters, Universidad de Costa Rica

www.cca.ucr.ac.c r

http://www.cca.ucr.ac.cr/



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



PERU PERU Present and FuturePresent and Future

EducationUSA Centers in PeruHost institutions

EducationUSA advisers



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



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



Peruvian Student Flows to the U.S. Peruvian Student Flows to the U.S. 2001 2001 -- 20092009



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.



EducationUSA in ChileEducationUSA in Chile

• Santiago

• Antofagasta

• La Serena

• Valparaíso/Viña del Mar

• Curicó

• Concepción


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



• Three areas:

– Graduate degrees

– Technical programs with internships

– Pedagogy (including Study Abroad programs for undergraduate students and Internships for Science high school teachers)


Becas Chile Program Becas Chile Program –– Ministry of Ministry of EducationEducation


Becas Chile: Main BenefitsBecas Chile: Main Benefits


• 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


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


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



ChileChile


Questions ??Questions ??



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]

mailto:[email protected]





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