Originally Posted by
dawg80
I don't know of a single agency that has been hired to conduct across-campus recruiting of foreign students. Not saying there's not one, just I'm not aware of it. I do know, in the past anyway, individual colleges and the university itself, on a case by case basis, has been very active in recruiting international students and entering into agreements as opportunities arise. Sometimes the initial contact is made by an individual professor who might have met a foreign professor at a conference, or perhaps, from a research collaboration and that led to talks about student/professor exchanges. Now, VP Dr. Marcus Jones is very active in seeking international agreements and often he is the source of a contact. Eventually, Dr. Jones and the provost and eventually the university prez, Dr. Chris Maggio now, have to sign off on any such agreements. Recently, for instance, Dr. Perez, herself a native of Spain, initiated contact with a university there and NSU just inked an agreement to bring in Spanish students, not just in an exchange with that university, but also to offer Spanish high schoolers (or the equivalent) to enter NSU as freshmen.
The HS dual enrollment is a recruiting tool, as it is hoped the student will opt to continue as an NSU student. The university does not make a dime on the tuition paid as a dual enrollee, and most of the time, NSU doesn't get the student as they choose to go elsewhere, and bring their 18 (? I think it is) hrs earned with 'em.
NSU is one of the leaders in online students. That is a good money-maker for the university, as very often adjuncts are paid mere pennies to teach the online courses for which students pay full price plus technology fees, used to fund computer labs and other technology upgrades.
Other than this, I don't know many details. But! I can find out.