It is interesting that the April 22, 2013, Inside Higher Education article reports a decline in applications but admissions offers are up for international graduate students. Read more here:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/08/22/despite-slowdown-applications-growth-admission-offers-international-grad-students
If the numbers can be interpretted to reflect trend, the question has to be why? Where a country's numbers are down or up, is it a reflection of bad or good economic conditions? Are international students becoming interested in other countries or are more opportunities becoming available in their home countries? It will be important to watch the trends and to ponder both the cause and what, if anything, can be done to sustain a stream of highly qualified international graduate students in the U.S.A.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/08/22/despite-slowdown-applications-growth-admission-offers-international-grad-students
If the numbers can be interpretted to reflect trend, the question has to be why? Where a country's numbers are down or up, is it a reflection of bad or good economic conditions? Are international students becoming interested in other countries or are more opportunities becoming available in their home countries? It will be important to watch the trends and to ponder both the cause and what, if anything, can be done to sustain a stream of highly qualified international graduate students in the U.S.A.
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