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Leaving on a jet plane: students’ study-abroad plans are back and how! But the tarmac is different.

Leaving on a jet plane: students’ study-abroad plans are back and how! But the tarmac is different.
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Synopsis

More Indians are applying for foreign studies than ever before post the unfortunate high points of the pandemic. In fact, data from RedSeer estimates a 23% rise in the expenditure on higher education abroad from Indians. All that is fine, but has the pandemic changed things for students looking to study abroad? Have universities changed processes? Here’s an analysis.

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Goodbye empty dorm rooms, goodbye silent hallways, and goodnight late-night zoom classes. After months of uncertainty and travel restrictions, many students, who had cleared admissions to study in colleges abroad, have been travelling and experiencing campus life and offline classes. Meanwhile, a new bunch of students are preparing for their study-abroad plans. Estimates from a RedSeer report on higher education says that between 2020 and 2024,

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