Worldwide Branding We build holistic and comprehensive marketing campaigns for our partner schools that allow them to reach a global audience of interested students. Our promotional campaigns are developed in close concert with our partner institutions, ensuring that schools are represented accurately, faithfully, and individually. Our end goal is to achieve a unique and identifiable brand image for each of our partners. Professional Program Management In partnering with The Cambridge Institute, your school is assigned a Program Manager who becomes your primary point of contact and connects you with our myriad of consulting services. Our Program Manager will ensure you are prepared for this process and is there to guide you prior to admissions, during enrollment, and stays in contact with you throughout students’ studies at your school. Our team is further facilitate communication with students’ natural parents and be on hand to assist you with any developments throughout the year. Streamlined Enrollment We have developed a process to ensure stress-free admissions and matriculation. Our local representatives work with each student to provide medical information, legal permissions and proof of insurance. Annual tuition is paid in advance and students arrive ready to learn. SEVIS Coaching The U.S. Department of State requires that visiting students use an I-20 form to apply for their visa. We can help you to produce the I-20 and prepare your students for their visa interviews. We are always available to answer your questions. In-Country Pre-Orientation Pre-orientation in the students’ home countries eases the transition to the U.S. by familiarizing your applicants with American cultural conventions and the expectations of an American academic program. The Cambridge Institute’s University Representation The Cambridge Institute is firmly committed to the internationalization of American higher education. We work with colleges and universities to design and implement international representation and student recruitment programs. Our goal is to develop a strategic partnership with your school based on trust and a clear understanding of your core mission and institutional values. The Cambridge Institute will employ this knowledge of your school to offer a wide spectrum of representation and resources for the recruitment of international students. Global Higher Education 2.0 Colleges and Universities across the world have responded to the globalization paradigm by taking steps that recognize internationalization as fundamental to the development of globally competent students. Institutions of higher education around the world are implementing proactive strategies designed to attract students of varied races, cultures, and nationalities to their campuses. This global competition for students showcase colleges and universities as contestants vying for the opportunities to host the world’s best and brightest minds at their institutions. To succeed in this increasingly competitive environment, colleges and universities must be able to exhibit a local presence, possess territory specific industry expertise, and have real time access to the evolving market trends of territories being recruited. Why Cambridge: The Cambridge Institute offers your school multi-tiered marketing, representation, and recruitment services that will allow you to immediately diversify the way you market to and identify international students. We manage a highly collaborative process designed to increase your school’s global visibility and reputation. At the Cambridge Institute we combine our knowledge of international student mobility and the American educational system to provide your school with dynamic representation featuring the flexibility to recruit qualified student applicants across the educational level continuum and for specific graduate programs. Our Services: The Cambridge Institute has the capacity to establish or reinvigorate your internationalization efforts. We work closely with our clients to customize international student representation and recruitment models that take into consideration the resources and aspirations of your school. Our service offerings provide a full range of effective options for colleges and universities at different phases of the internationalization effort. We also have experience implementing innovative programs such English Language Support and dual enrollment that often serve to greatly compliment a college or universities’ international recruitment efforts. Boarding & Home-Stay Solutions The Cambridge Institute is the industry leader in boarding and home-stay solutions. Under the leadership of our Director of Residential Programs, we are able to offer customized housing options to each of our partner schools. Whether you need placement for five international students or twenty, we have the solution that is right for your school. We assist schools in the development of English language support solutions, whether it is a formal English as a Foreign Language course, group tutoring, or individualized instruction. We understand that each school is unique and will strive to find a solution that fits into your school’s culture and mission. In an increasingly global society, foreign language proficiency is more important than ever. The Cambridge Institute consults with schools on everything from teacher recruitment to curriculum design for emerging foreign languages, such as Mandarin Chinese. Develop a close relationship with a single school abroad. The Cambridge Institute will coordinate student and teacher exchange opportunities, facilitate collaborative learning projects and promote a robust alumni community among graduates of Friendship Schools. Preparing students for positions of leadership in the global economy may be part of your school’s mission. Our experiential education offerings help you achieve such a goal. Students who participate will meet with foreign business leaders and government officials. They will have the opportunity to study world cultures and make friends with foreign students their own age. Returning from these experiences, students consistently show increased dedication to mastering foreign languages. The Cambridge Institute offers cultural competency webinars for faculty, staff and host families. Discussion-based webinars are designed to help ensure a successful academic and social experience for each international student and to help the entire school community make the most of its cultural exchange opportunity.
