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Foreign grad student enrollment rising
According to the New York Times, the Council on Graduate Schools estimates that the number of new foreign graduate students has grown this year:
The number of international students entering American graduate schools rose 1 percent this year, despite a 5 percent drop in applications from foreign students, according to the annual report by the Council of Graduate Schools.
China and India send the most students to the United States, and the council collected data on those from China, India, Korea and the Middle East, from which students are least able to get visas. The largest increase in first-time international enrollment came among Middle Eastern students, whose numbers were up 11 percent. Enrollment of Chinese and Indian students increased 3 percent, and Koreans were up 5 percent.
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