LINDEN LETTER

June 2, 2006

1. Linden at NAFSA
2. Application Deadline for the Fall 2006 Tours
3. Spring 2007 Tours
4. The Judy de Souza Award

1. Linden at NAFSA
The NAFSA conference in Montreal was a great opportunity for all of us to network with our colleagues, listen to some incredibly inspiring plenary addresses and attend several informative sessions on recruiting and admissions.

For those of you who are interested in learning more about the following session - "3-Year bachelor Degree Programs from India: Placement Perspectives"; "Recruiting International Graduate Students: Why, Where, When and How?" ; and "International Alumni Relations on a Shoestring Budget" - please go to http://www.lindentours.com/univ_officials/upcoming_tours.shtml and click
on the PowerPoint presentations prepared for the recent NAFSA conference in Montreal.

2. Application Deadline for the Fall 2006 Tours
There are a few places remaining on our Fall 2006 tours. We already have a strong group of universities signed up in every region, and we expect to have a very rewarding recruiting season. We have extended our application deadline until June 30. Please visit the site, www.lindentours.com, for complete information

Here are some of the highlights:

India
India remains a strong and vital market. Since Linden focuses on both undergraduate and graduate students, we are poised to continue to provide successful tours to South Asia. The Linden India Tour also includes two unique features: separate hours at the University Fairs for undergraduates and one-on-one interview sessions with qualified students the day after the fairs.

This fall, the tour visits seven key cities and then continues on to Colombo, Sri Lanka for its final stop. Although the market in Sri Lanka is small, it is growing and the Sri Lankan students are eager to meet with U.S. university representatives, primarily to discuss undergraduate programs.

Latin America
Linden’s three-week tour focuses on a distinctly different sub-region each week. We begin in Central America and visit Honduras, El Salvador and Panama. The second week highlights South America, with visits to two cities in Ecuador (Quito and Guayaquil) and two in Colombia (Bogota and Barranquilla). The stop in Barranquilla will provide an opportunity for students and counselors from Cartagena to join us.

We end the tour with three stops in the Caribbean. We are visiting the Dominican Republic and Jamaica for the first time and returning to Trinidad and Tobago for the third time.

Asia
Asia continues to be the largest sending region of students, accounting for 58% of all international students in the U.S. An expected economic recovery in Japan and continued growth in China should help fuel a GDP growth of 7.2% in East Asia.

In Asia, we have joined IIE in several locations – principally Tokyo- as requested by tour members from previous tours. We are also returning to Jakarta after several years and adding Vietnam for the first time. Interest from Vietnamese students has risen dramatically in the past few years, with the latest IIE report showing an increase of 16% in the number of students coming to the U.S.

Turkey and the Middle East
The region presents an exceptionally unique student market from which to recruit. Students are well qualified, highly motivated and financially capable. Places at local universities remain limited and, importantly, governments continue to fund students.

Linden’s extensive connections with Embassy staff, educational advisers, marketing firms, AMIDEAST, schools and universities will provide exceptional inroads for universities recruiting in the region. This year’s tour begins with an in-depth, weeklong visit to Turkey, stopping in Istanbul, Izmir and Ankara and then continues on to the Middle East.

Scandinavia
Sweden and Norway are unique among European countries because they continue to offer subsidized loan, scholarship and stipend funding for their students to study abroad. This makes study at U.S. universities and colleges an option that many may not have considered. The robust economies of Iceland, Norway and Sweden also provide additional incentive to consider study in the U.S. The strength of their educational systems, the government funding options and the historical ties to study in the U.S. make this student market a viable option for our first recruitment tour to Scandinavia.

3. Spring 2007 Tours

The dates and prices for our 2007 spring tours will be posted on our
web site, www.lindentours.com, next week.

4. The Judy de Souza Award
Every year at the Linden Reunion, we honor the memory of Judy DeSouza who worked for Linden from 1987-1999, and died of breast cancer. Judy's talents were to make everyone feel special as well as comfortable and effective while traveling on the Linden Tours. She was an incredibly lovely woman to work with.

This year's Judy DeSouza award winner is Linda Heaney. Her contributions to international education professionals young and seasoned is incomparable and there is no other individual that we felt was more deserving than Linda.

Darryl Calkins & Kathy Harrington
Executive Directors

Linden Educational Services
4201 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 600
Washington, DC 20008
Phone: 202-237-0164; Fax: 202-237-0176
www.lindentours.com