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Unanswered Question
Which percentage (or how many of the total number of students) of students attending these universities are international, year by year? This would determine how much tuition revenue each of these institutions is pulling in from international students as well as showing the rates of enrolment for international students at each of these schools over time. We could then see if the rising tuition rates are deterring international students from enrolling or not. We would also have more context for understanding how much each of these schools could potentially be gaining from these rising rates.
How would you get the data?
A spreadsheet created by the Student Transitions Project tracks domestic and international student headcount by economic development region, as did my original data, so I would be able to use this for the years that it tracks, which end at 2016. For the remaining year (2017/18), I would have to look elsewhere.
Some universities have reports on their student demographics available online. Kwantlen Polytechnic University, for instance, recently released a VISION 2020 Performance Report, which includes international student full-time enrolment rates. I would have to look for documents like this for the other institutions and make a new spreadsheet to represent the answer to this question with data again.
One more chart for context
I also included this very simple bar graph to show the total percentage increase from average international student tuition in 2013/14 to what they were paying in 2017/18.
I think you've chosen a really interesting place to take your data because I it provides substantial evidence that universities can be so economically driven versus providing comprehensive education for students.
ReplyDeleteI think the two charts are very useful as it shows a positive correlation between international students admission rate and increased tuition. Have you considered doing one of the datawrapper dashboards where you can filter the information to connect?
Very well written update and your charts are nicely done. I would suggest for your charts however, to try and not use grey for SFU as grey is usually associated with miscellaneous/other data and unfortunately, both SFU and KPU use red as their colours. Looking forward to your final report.
ReplyDeleteI really like how you've done your charts! You're picked distinct, consistent colors to represent each school, and it makes your data appear very clean and easy to read. Regarding your unanswered research question, the fact that you're already able to cite 2 sources as potential answers is very promising, and I can't wait to see them in use in your final report, assuming you decide to go that route. Well done!
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