Stanford Closes Beijing Study Abroad Program, Enrollments Down at Other Beijing-Based Centers

News that Stanford University will shutter its undergraduate overseas studies program in Beijing has focused attention on the future of the city as a destination for US students studying abroad.

I have worked in the study abroad industry here in Beijing for over a decade, both as an instructor and as an administrator. Recently, there has been a lot of soul searching at study abroad centers around Beijing about why numbers at so many programs have fallen dramatically when compared to just a few years earlier.

Originally published by The Beijinger on January 20, 2017