Strategies for keeping international students through graduation go beyond encouraging strong academic performance. Retention means ensuring students’ ability to overcome the myriad challenges they face.

Institutional priorities and students’ needs create opportunities to take stock of current study abroad offerings and plan for the future.

International education veterans from around the world anticipate the trends facing—and shaping—the field in 2020 and identify related challenges and opportunities.

NAFSA members recommend what to read, listen to, follow, watch, and bookmark.

As the number of globally displaced people continues to grow, the scope of international education, and international educators’ standards of care, should expand to include refugees and at-risk migrants.

Senior leaders can focus on six key areas of HR, from building an effective team to creating positive office culture.

Recruitment professionals at institutions in top destination countries share the factors that inform their recruitment and admissions strategies, including government goals for drawing international students.

Though many international offices chase an elusive adviser-to-student ratio standard, variables unique to each institution and its international student population determine the proper advising caseload.

Reentry programming helps students process their experiences, transition back to life on their home campus, translate new skills to career opportunities, and even extend the marketing efforts of education abroad offices.

The numbers are clear: international students are assets to academic and scientific innovation, public diplomacy, economic vitality, and national security. Behind the numbers are personal stories of students who attribute their success to studying in the United States.