NACAC education agent best practice guide – how do you stack up?
I recently posted on the changes relating to education agents that NACAC made a couple of weeks ago to its best practice principles.
In developing that post I looked again at NACAC's
US: Expert views on the use of education agents
In recent posts I have focussed on the increasing use of education agents by educational institutions in the US.
As I dived deeper into the issue a couple of key questions emerged.
Ethical agent recruitment: the buck stops with the institution
If you are an in-house international student recruiter working with education agents, this excellent article by Mark Ashwill in University World News is worth a read.
Mark is managing director of
NACAC updates best practice on education agents
Following its landmark, and contentious, decision three years ago to allow US institutions to use agents to recruit students from outside the US, on 24 September 2016 the NACAC Assembly recently
US: percentage of students recruited by education agents has doubled since 2012
Recently there has been quite a bit of focus on the very good research and report by Bridge Education Group (BEC) - Pace of Adoption of International Student recruitment Agencies by
Education agents should be banned (or maybe not)
I recently read an interesting article on University World News - Internationalisation should be ethical and for all.
The author is Professor Hans de Wit, Director of the Center for International Higher
3 ways to stop your education agents wasting your time
The problem with education agents...
"My education agents aren't recruiting enough international students."
"We sign up new education agents but often don't hear from them again."
"Most of our education agents are unproductive.