Recruiters Help US Colleges Find Foreign Students

Recruiters Help US Colleges Find Foreign Students
Placement companies may be paid by colleges or students -- or both, raising concerns about possible conflicts of interest. First of two parts. Transcript of radio broadcast
22 May 2008

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.

College prices in the United States have been rising faster than other prices for thirty years or more. Recently many of the nation's top colleges have agreed to increase their financial aid.

But one group often has to pay the full price for college: foreign students. This may help explain why colleges are making greater efforts to recruit them.

Large universities are likely to use their own representatives. But smaller schools may work with independent recruiters.


An example is Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania.

It has about one hundred foreign students, mostly from Asia. It offers foreign students a savings of one-fifth off its published price if they apply through Study Group Holdings.

This placement company operates the Web site go-study.com.

Albright's international student counselor, Nicole Christie, says the company is paid from the money that the students pay the college. Study Group looks for qualified students and rates their English skills before they apply.

But foreign students themselves often pay recruiters. The recruiters help them write applications, get recommendation letters and prepare for admissions tests. And they might help students prepare for getting a visa to study in the United States.

Recruiters can also work for both students and colleges. Some education officials call this a conflict of interest. They wonder how recruiters can find a school that is truly right for a student when certain colleges are paying them. Officials also warn that like any other business, there is a risk of dishonesty.

Recruiters say they provide a useful service that is legal in the United States. They say the colleges they work for are accredited and provide a good education but may not be widely known.

Recruiting of foreign students has been the subject of recent stories in the Chronicle of Higher Education and in the New York Times.

We are interested in hearing about experiences with college recruiters. Send us your comments and we may use them in a future report. Write to special@voanews.com and please include your name and country.

We'll have more on this subject next week. So write to special@voanews.com. We also have our Foreign Student Series online with information about how to get into an American college. Go to voaspecialenglish.com and click on the link at the bottom of the page.

And that's the VOA Special English Education Report, written by Nancy Steinbach. I'm Jim Tedder.

----------------------------Google Translate

招聘人员帮助美国找到高校的外国学生
安置公司可能须支付的学院或学生-或两者，提高关注可能的利益冲突。首先由两部分组成。全文电台广播
2008年5月22日

这是美国之音特别英语教育的报告。

学院的价格在美国已上升速度比其他的价格为三十年或以上。最近，许多国家的热门高校已同意增加其财政援助。

但一组，往往已全额支付价格为学院：外国学生。这可能有助于解释为什么高校正在作出更大的努力，聘请他们。

大大学很可能会使用他们自己的代表。但规模较小的学校可与独立的招聘人员。


其中一个例子是奥尔布赖特在读大学，宾夕法尼亚州。

它拥有约100外国学生，其中大部分来自亚洲。它提供外国学生，节省了上就有五分之一的小康公布的价格，如果他们申请通过学习集团控股。

此排名公司经营的网站去study.com 。

奥尔布赖特的国际学生辅导员，妮可克里斯蒂称，公司是从支付的钱的学生支付大学。研究小组看来，为符合资格的学生及差饷，他们的英语技巧，才适用。

但外国学生本身往往付出的招聘人员。该招聘人员，帮助他们写申请，获得推荐信和准备入学测试。和他们可能会帮助学生作好准备，获得签证的研究是在美国。

招聘人员也可以工作，为学生和院校。一些教育官员呼吁这是一个利益冲突的问题。他们不知道如何招聘可以找到一所学校是真正的权利，一名学生当某些高校是付给他们。官员也警告说，像任何其他业务，是有风险的不诚实行为。

招聘人员说，他们提供一个有用的服务，这是法律在美国。他们说，高校，他们的工作是认可，并提供一个良好的教育，但未必广为人知。

招收外国学生一直受到最近的故事，在纪事高等教育和在新的纽约时报。

我们有兴趣听的经验，与高校的招聘人员。发送给我们您的意见和我们可能会使用他们在未来的报告。写信给special@voanews.com ，并请附上您的姓名和国家。

我们将有更多关于这个问题在下周。所以写信给special@voanews.com 。我们也有我们的外国学生的一系列在线与资讯如何进入美国大学。去voaspecialenglish.com并点击其中的链接在网页底部的。

这是该美国之音特别英语教育的报告，写的南希斯坦巴克。我吉姆tedder 。