For years, U.S. university administrators have worried that China’s massive investment in higher education would eventually mean fewer Chinese students seeking to earn advanced science and engineering degrees at their institutions. A new survey from the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) hints that the time may be approaching.

CGS President Suzanne T. Ortega tells Inside Higher Ed that data from the 2014 CGS International Graduate Admissions report show a robust applicant pool for U.S. graduate institutions. As growth continues in the number of admission offers to students from India and Brazil, the long-run of increases from China has ended, meaning that U.S. graduate schools cannot rely on one or two countries alone to achieve continuous enrollment growth.

After nearly a decade of double-digit increases, American graduate schools probably will not have a record number of students from China in this fall’s incoming class.

The Professionals in International Education (PIE) News talks with CGS's Suzanne T. Ortega and Jeff Allum about trends in international graduate enrollment, including the 9 percent growth in offers of admission for 2014. As in the prior year, rates of growth from China have stagnated, while offers of admission to students from India and Brazil showed increased impressively.

A short announcement about CGS's upcoming pilot study of the professional development needs of STEM graduate students, with support from a grant by the National Science Foundation.

CGS President Debra W. Stewart responds to an editorial in the Washington Post to call attention to the variations in borrowing by graduate students at the master's, doctoral, and professional degree levels.

CGS Director of Research and Policy Analysis, Jeff Allum, shares with The Guardian encouraging statistics from recent Graduate Enrollment and Degrees reports that show gains in total enrollment for women and minority students in graduate fields traditionally dominated by white males, such as computer and information sciences. 

Institutions participating in the CGS Best Practice initiative, Enhancing Student Financial Education, are among those highlighted in a story about the increasing trend of colleges offering financial literacy courses to help their students prepare for money management success.

CGS's Jeff Allum speaks with the China Daily about the findings of the 2014 International Graduate Admissions Survey and the popularity of graduate business programs among Chinese students enrolling at US institutions.

CGS President Debra W. Stewart discusses the important questions prospective students should ask before applying for a graduate program.