The number of international students enrolled worldwide from 1998 to 2018 increased on average by 4.8% per year, according to a report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. But due to the interruption of on-campus courses in early 2020 caused by the coronavirus pandemic, which continues to affect many countries, "future editions of this publication may reveal a sharp reversal of trends in the year that COVID-19 struck," the report states.
"Although higher education institutions were quick to replace face-to-face lectures with online learning," it reads, "these closures affected learning and examinations as well as the safety and legal status of international students in their host country."
Still, many students will seek enrollment at universities abroad,
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