Daily News Article - November 13, 2012
1. a) By how much did international enrollment in U.S. colleges and universities grow last year?
b) Where has most of the increased enrollment occurred?
2. For what reason are so many universities rapidly increasing the number of foreign students they accept?
3. List the four countries that send the largest number of foreign students to the U.S.
4. What is the difference between resident and non-resident tuition in a public university like Indiana University?
5. What criticism has been made against international recruiting?
6. What costs do universities incur from international students?
7. Should college level English proficiency be a requirement for admission to a university? Explain your answer.
8. College officials defend the increasing number of foreign students accepted by saying that international students bring a global perspective to American students.
a) If 40% of international students report no close American friends, do you think the idea of providing a global perspective to American students is working or is there another motive at work? Explain your answer.
b) Should universities do anything to ensure that foreign students are assimilated into American college life?
c) Should a university attempt to have quotas for the number of resident, non-resident and foreign students to create a diverse student body? (If so, what criteria should be used and what percent of the student body - diversifying by sex, race, religion, rural vs. urban students, economic scale, etc.? If not, why not?)