Navigating Major Shifts In International Student Mobility, Demographics, & Decision-Making
Navigating Major Shifts In International Student Mobility, Demographics, & Decision-Making
Gain actionable insights to enhance your effectiveness in working with international students.
This workshop will help you support, recruit, advocate for, and retain international students on your campus. Listen to insights on recent trends, best practices, and approaches related to international student mobility & decision-making. Seasoned faculty will deliver a series of interactive modules, following the college planning journey & enrollment channel, respectively. Leave empowered to be a stronger advocate for, and recruiter of, international students.
Program Directors:
- Clay Hensley
- Joan Liu
Schedule
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
7:00 – 8:00 am ET
Registration / Check-in, Coffee
8:00 – 8:45 am ET
Welcome: Introductions, Context, Stage-Setting
Joan Liu and Clay Hensley
8:45 – 9:45 am ET
Big Ideas in International College Connections: Opening Panel
Lukman Arsalan, Jon Burdick, Becky Konowicz, Anne Richardson, Malissa Takacs, and John Wilkerson
9:45 – 10:00 am ET
Break
10:00 – 11:00 am ET
Meeting International Students Where They Are: Developing Culturally-Strategic Outreach Plans
Case studies with John Wilkerson
11:00 am – 12:00 pm ET
China, India, and Elsewhere: Projecting How International Student Mobility Will Evolve
Demonstration with Becky Konowicz
12:00 – 1:00 pm ET
Lunch Break
1:00 – 2:00 pm ET
Post-SAT World: Understanding & Comparing Diverse Academic Records in Context
Table Group Activity / Mock Admissions Exercise with Jon Burdick
2:00 – 3:00 pm ET
You are Welcome Here: How to Yield, Support, and Retain International Students on Your Campus
Roundtable discussion with Jessica Sandberg
3:00 – 3:15 pm ET
Break
3:15 – 3:45 pm ET
What I See From My Side of the Desk: Creating Empathy & Synergies between Counseling & Admissions Counterparts
Clay Hensley, Lukman Arsalan, Jon Burdick, Becky Konowicz, Joan Liu, Anne Richardson, Malissa Takacs, John Wilkerson
4:15 – 5:15 pm ET
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once: Open Discussion & Transformative Insights from Day One
Joan Liu & Clay Hensley
Thursday, September 21, 2023
7:30 – 8:00 am ET
Coffee
8:00 – 9:15 am ET
Born Out of the Pandemic: Innovations Emerging out of the Great Resignation & the Biden Bounce
Roundtable Discussion with Becky Konowicz, Joe Morrison, Lukman Arsalan
9:30 – 10:00 am ET
Reflections, Wrap-Up, and Close
Joan Liu & Clay Hensley
