International Students
Mrs. Richardson, do I get points for trying Marmite?
I have been thinking a lot, lately, about the value of trying new things. In my capacity as Director of the International and ESL programs at Kents Hill, I am constantly amazed at the myriad encounters that my ESL and international students have with new things, each and every day. They are bombarded [...]
Read MoreFrom Canada to India-Sedbergh Students Blog at 2009 Round Square Conference
Their bags are packed and there are four very excited Sedbergh Students and one Faculty member who are about to embark on an adventure and cultural experience of a lifetime. For Hayden, Bronwyn, Christopher, Kiara and Mr. Parkes this adventure begins as they depart for India and the 2009 Round Square Conference.
Round Square is an [...]
Chinese Boarding School to Open in Massachusetts
Cernet, the China Education and Research Network purchased the former Verizon campus in Marlborough, MA and will open the first Chinese boarding school in the United States. Cernet likes the location based on Boston’s role as a higher education hub.
The 25 acres campus “includes 223 hotel rooms, an auditorium, conference rooms, a laundry room, a [...]
Do American Boarding Schools Face Growing International Competition?
The UK has it’s own financial mess on its hands- much like ours with over valued and leveraged real estate and the loans behind real estate purchases gone south- with pound sterling headed south in a directly proportional relationship.
So what does this mean to American boarding schools? For years American boarding schools have been recruiting [...]
Global Financial Crisis Affecting A Traditional International Student Population?
New York Times reporter Martin Fackler quotes a phrase that many of us in the tuition driven world know but seldom utter; “Korea (South) experienced a study-abroad bubble.” In his January 10, 2009 article “Global Financial Crisis Upends the Plans of Many South Koreans to Study Abroad,” Fackler elucidates the now fading convergence of the [...]
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