Dive Brief:

• Indiana University has opened offices in Beijing, China, and New Delhi, India, and it is planning more around the world.
• The new global offices are part of a five-year experiment to boost its international recruiting, increase research projects and help in its fundraising efforts that target overseas alumni, the Associated Press reports.
• Other location possibilities are in Berlin, Germany; Istanbul, Turkey; Africa; and Southeast Asia.

Dive Insight:

Besides helping to increase diversity on campus, international recruiting makes good business sense for a public university because international students generate much more tuition revenue than state residents. According to the AP, the university plans to open more than a half dozen offices all together. Indiana University’s vice president, David Zaret, says the offices will operate like home bases where the school can hold events, but they won’t be branch campuses.