the old folks may not get it, but the message to our kids should be, welcome the world, go global, and explore: CLEVELAND, Ohio - The number of international students attending U.S. colleges continues to grow, and about a third are from China, according to a report issued today...The number of students from China increased 21.4 percent from the previous year. Following China, the top places of origin are India, South Korea, Saudi Arabia and Canada, the report said. That order has not changed for years. Those five account for about 60 percent of all international students. However, Brazil and Iran are moving up in the standings, and each saw a more than 20 percent increase in students attending U.S. colleges. There are now 40 percent more international students studying at U.S. colleges than a decade ago, and the rate of increase has risen steadily for the past three years, the report said. Universities in Ohio and across the country have realized the benefits of recruiting international students, especially those from China – for they usually pay full price and can handle the academic challenges. Ohio again ranks eighth in the country in international student enrollment, with 28,401 students, an increase of 7.5 percent from the previous year. Ohio State University, with 6,478 international students, ranks 15th in the country, and may rise in future years following the opening of offices in Shanghai, China and Mumbai, India. It plans to open an office in Brazil. Following OSU in international enrollment are the University of Cincinnati with 2,939 students; Kent State University with 2,406, Ohio University with 1,890 and the University of Toledo with 1,877. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland State University, the University of Akron and Miami University each have between 1,200 and 1,750 international students. While Ohio’s universities have seen steady gains, international enrollment at Kent State has grown by a large margin - from 1,503 students in 2010 to 2,406 in 2012. The report also documents the number of U.S. students who study abroad. That number increased by three percent, to 283,332 students in 2011-2012, the report said. Study abroad by American students has more than tripled over the past two decades, from approximately 71,000 students in 1991 to the record number in 2011. Despite these increases, fewer than 10 percent of all U.S. college students study abroad at some point during their undergraduate years. And most of them stay for only a semester. cleveland/metro/index.ssf/2013/11/international_student_enrollme.html
Posted on: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 00:39:44 +0000
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