April 13
An Inside Look At The Fight Over International Students
Talented international students (like those that read this blog) are a wonderful resource, not only for their own communities, or the universities they attend, but for the entire globe. And, like any resource, there is likely to be a fight over it:
Last year, the number of international students attending American institutions hit an all-time high. International students contribute $18 billion to the U.S. economy; their full-fee tuition subsidizes many American students’ educations. Culturally, they internationalize campuses and increase diversity–laudable goals for colleges and universities aiming to prepare students for a globalized world. But as American institutions face an increasingly competitive global education market and an aging domestic population, discussion regarding international student recruitment is rarely . . . civilized.
The article linked above is a very interesting look at the disagreements going on inside the U.S. higher educational system over how to ethically recruit international students.
And to clarify, once again, myUface’s stance: we will never charge students a penny to use myUface – end of story.
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