2025 IC3 Institute’s Annual Student Quest Report
The 2025 Annual Student Quest Report is a two-part report covering the historical trends observed over the past Student Quest Reports, as well as providing insights into the needs and desires of Graduating classes of 2026 and 2027. It is the first time changes in the world of career counseling have been measured over time in the Student Quest Report. Insights within the report highlight major factors in student decision-making that have remained prevalent over the years. As part of raising awareness over current student needs and counselor views, we have studied student needs and the decision-making process when it comes to their choice of higher education.
Student Suicides Aversion Executive Summary: Mental Health & Well being Volume 3
The Student well being pulse report
In this Executive Summary of the Student Suicide Report: Volume 3, key findings from a survey of more than 8,000 students in CISCE schools are presented in this Executive Summary of the third volume of the Student Suicide Report. In recognition of the pressing issue of student suicide, the study examines important facets of student wellbeing, such as mental health stressors, school support system, peer relations, sleep patterns and social media usage.
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Meeting Demand in the STEM Fields: Current International Student Trends at U.S. Higher Education Institutions
In collaboration with IIE, the IC3 Institute conducted a research study exploring the profile of international STEM applicants studying in the U.S. The study examines how changes in demand for STEM programs impact institutions and influence their recruitment practices. This research, titled Meeting Demand in the STEM Fields: Current International Student Trends at U.S. Higher Education Institutions, provides valuable insights into these evolving trends.
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Student Suicides: An Epidemic Sweeping India Volume 2
Last year, the IC3 Institute released the first report on student suicides, revealing that over 13,000 students died by suicide annually in India, however, this alarming trend persists. This report is the second volume in the series titled Student Suicides: An Epidemic Sweeping India. It includes the latest NCRB data available as of the most recent reporting year, 2022.
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2024 IC3 Institute’s Annual Student Quest Report
The 2024 Annual Student Quest Report provides critical insights and
recommendations that are highly relevant to the broader educational and career counseling ecosystem. The report offers actionable strategies for educators, policymakers, and counselors to enhance the effectiveness of career guidance and support systems,ultimately ensuring that students are better prepared and more confident in making informed career and educational decisions
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Student Suicides: An Epidemic Sweeping India
The report "Student Suicides: An Epidemic Sweeping India" is a comprehensive research initiative to advance understanding and catalyze action on a pressing concern. This report delves into the alarming proliferation of student suicides in India, delving into the intricate web of causative factors. Armed with this knowledge, they are primed to formulate and enact strategies and policies that promote mental health awareness, challenge deeply ingrained stigmas, and, through collective effort, endeavor to avert further student suicides.
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2023 IC3 Institute’s Annual Student Quest Report
The 2023 IC3 Institute Student Quest Survey Report has shed further light
on the interplay between students, parents, and counselors in shaping the
course of higher education and career aspirations. Spanning across 98
countries, the survey’s comprehensive analysis includes responses from
8,377 students, 3,177 parents, and 793 high school counselors. Vijaybhoomi
University and University of Waterloo were the partners for this year’s
survey report.
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2022 IC3 Institute Student Quest Report
Higher education decision-making in a post-pandemic world
(in collaboration with Krea University, India, University of Newcastle, Australia, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, U.S.)
A 360° global study on the challenges and opportunities for high school students and relevant stakeholders in a post-pandemic world concerning higher education choices and decisions. A convergence of perspectives from high-school students (grade 9-12 equivalent), career & college counselors, and universities in the domain of information gathering, dissemination, the experience of choice making, support, and transitions, all leading to subsequent decision-making in higher education. This report brings out a comprehensive view of the entire process. It provides valuable data, insights, and recommendations to assist all stakeholders in aligning towards effective and informed decision-making concerning post-high-school educational options.
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2021 IC3 Institute Student Quest Survey Report (in collaboration with Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR)
The survey answers important questions about the career decision-making process that students follow. The findings of this survey inform high school counseling practices with answers to specific concerns about study destinations, program selection, career choices over time, and the information barriers students typically face. Additionally, universities will benefit by understanding the factors that impact student decision-making at various stages, and how appropriate information and guidance can be provided to students and families as they make decisions. Insights can be drawn from different parts of the report to create a mutually rewarding ecosystem of supporting the future talent across the globe in making informed and judicious college & career decisions.
2021 IC3 Institute Student Quest Survey Report, in collaboration with Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR
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International Student Mobility Flows and COVID-19 Realities
The report provides an overview of the global mobility flows to and from major world regions in the 2019/2020 academic year. It also considers the effects of COVID‐19 on global student mobility and how the pandemic has comparatively affected international students and the countries that serve as their hosts.
Joint report by IIE and IC3
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Paving the Path to Success
The survey was conducted as a first-ever effort to map the career and college counseling profession in India to provide a snapshot of the field. As the counseling profession gains traction in India, the results of this survey establish a baseline for the prevalence of school counselors in Indian high schools.
Joint report by IC3 Institute & NACAC
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Staying Resilient, Looking Ahead: COVID-19’s influence on Indian and Nepalese students’ views on education and careers
The survey offers a deep and nuanced understanding of how students who are toward the end of high school make decisions about their futures and their level of preparedness for their futures. The findings are relevant for schools; colleges and universities; employers and industry; and governments to gauge whether their education systems are adequately preparing the youth population for entry into an increasingly competitive global marketplace.
2020 IC3 Institute Student Quest Survey Report
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Global Knowledge and Talent Flows: An Imbalanced Equation?
The report raises some pertinent questions on the issue of access and equity within postsecondary education: Are the current global flows of students advancing wealthier nations over developing ones? Are students from the developing world returning at higher rates to their countries of origin? How do we ensure that the mobility of students and talent is based on principles of access, equity, and inclusiveness, both at the individual student level and at a national level?
Joint report by IIE and IC3
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Careers 2040: Five Essential Skills for the Future
How do we better prepare individuals for the future careers of 2040?
Dr. Rajika Bhandari shares five key skills that will be central to success in the future world of work and which, if mastered, will position students well for those future jobs that are yet unknown and undefined.
COVID-19’s Impact on World’s Largest Youth Population
Why focus on Indian students when the repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic are clearly global? Because India has the largest youth population in the world – 600 million below the age of 25. What this population decides regarding its educational future has an impact on global universities that rely on the flow of students from India.
In this article Rajika Bhandari, President and CEO of IC3 Institute highlights COVID-19’s impact on the world’s largest youth population.
