Colleges fret losing foreign students

[Bill McBlueState]

BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- A steep decline in graduate school applications from foreign students has university administrators pushing the federal government to reform the visa process. Their argument: The trend could cost U.S. schools much-needed revenue and research help, and make America seem isolated in the eyes of the world.

International graduate student applications for this fall are down 32 percent compared with a year ago, according to a recent survey, and schools are extending application deadlines so they don't lose students still negotiating U.S. bureaucracy.

more at http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/04/28/foreign.students.ap/index.html

[KissMyAsscroft]

1. Bush's Legacy.

"and make America seem isolated in the eyes of the world."

[Canadian_moderate]

2. Good news for Canadian universities

I'm sure McGill, U. of Toronto, Queens, Western, UBC, etc., will be happy to accept more foreign students seeking a less hostile environment.

[Bill McBlueState]

4. does "foreign" mean Americans, too?

I would love to find a job at a Canadian university once I'm done with my Ph.D.

:hi:

[Canadian_moderate]

7. I'm sure there are lots of opportunities

My wife (an American) works at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Some of their top physicians are Americans. Contrary to some peoples' beliefs, Canada's much maligned (by conservatives in the USA) health care system is able to attract some top talent.

[central scrutinizer]

3. students from Arab nations have completely vanished

Five years ago, we had lots of students from Iran and other nations in the Middle East. They have completely disappeared. But the borders are wide open for undocumented workers who want to displace US workers at Walmart.

[madrchsod]

5. what`s wrong with that??

them furiners don`t need to come here,stay in their own country. they don`t need to be steeling from us americans. if we edukate them they do evil to us..there evil doers..
could our country get any worse in the way we treat people who want to come here to learn? to educate? to share art and music? what a fucked up country.

[damnraddem]

6. We haven't seen a decline in my program this year.

But we did last year because of visa problems.