#1 Record number of Chinese students flock to US colleges
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2010 6:24 pm
CSMonitor
[quote]The recession is affecting some American and foreign students’ plans to study abroad – but not, apparently, those of the Chinese.
Last year, nearly 130,000 Chinese students studied in the US – a record number, and a 30 percent increase from the year before.
That Chinese desire for a US education also helped drive an overall increase in foreign students studying here, resulting in a record high of 690,923, despite declines from many countries, according to the Institute of International Education’s (IIE) annual Open Doors report, released Monday.
“There’s a growing middle class in China … that wants to find the best education for their children, and they have a lot of resources to pour into their one child,â€
[quote]The recession is affecting some American and foreign students’ plans to study abroad – but not, apparently, those of the Chinese.
Last year, nearly 130,000 Chinese students studied in the US – a record number, and a 30 percent increase from the year before.
That Chinese desire for a US education also helped drive an overall increase in foreign students studying here, resulting in a record high of 690,923, despite declines from many countries, according to the Institute of International Education’s (IIE) annual Open Doors report, released Monday.
“There’s a growing middle class in China … that wants to find the best education for their children, and they have a lot of resources to pour into their one child,â€