Title:
China Passes India as Top Country Sending Students
to US
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a VOA Special English Education Report.
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In November, the Institute of International
Education in New York published its yearly report on
international students in the United States. The
report says more than six hundred ninety thousand
attended American colleges and universities during
the last academic year. That number was a record
high. It was an increase of three percent from the
year before. But it was mainly the result of heavy
growth from one country, China. China passed India
as the top country sending students to the United
States.The president of the institute, Allan
Goodman, says the economic crisis could have limited
growth from other countries. The Institute of
International Education publishes its report called
"Open Doors" with support from the State Department.
The latest report is for the academic year that
ended this past June. It says China sent more than
one hundred twenty-seven thousand students. That was
an increase of thirty percent over the previous
year. India was the top sending country for eight
years. But last year it was in second place,
followed by South Korea. Among the top sending
countries, Japan showed the greatest decrease -- a
drop of fifteen percent.For a ninth year, the
University of Southern California in Los Angeles
reported the largest number of foreign students --
nearly eight thousand. The most popular field of
study for international students in the United
States is business and management, followed by
engineering. But the report noted a nine percent
decrease for intensive English-language programs.
Allan Goodman says the reason may have been the
recession. He says English-language training is
often the most costly part for students beginning
their studies. But Mr. Goodman pointed to an
increase in another area: the number of foreign
students at the undergraduate level.He says
traditionally, study in America has been
overwhelmingly at the graduate level. He says that
has changed in the past several years. There has
been almost an equal interest by families in sending
students here for undergraduate education. He
believes that is going to continue. There are four
thousand accredited colleges and universities.
International students make up only about three
percent of the total enrollment.What that means, he
says, is that there is a lot of room for growth.For
VOA Special English I'm Alex Villarreal.
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