Staggering drops in numbers of foreign grad students in the U.S.
Nov 10th, 2004From Spectrum Online …
Really astonishing.
28% DECLINE IN NUMBER OF applications from abroad to U.S. graduate programs between 2003 and 2004
36% DECLINE IN NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS from abroad to U.S. graduate engineering programs between 2003 and 2004
45% DECLINE IN NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS from China to U.S. graduate programs between 2003 and 2004
28% DECLINE IN NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS from India to U.S. graduate programs between 2003 and 2004
88% PROPORTION OF U.S. INSTITUTIONS reporting a decline in international applications between 2003 and 2004
67 AVERAGE NUMBER OF DAYS the U.S. State Department has been taking to conduct security checks for non-U.S.science and engineering students seeking to study "sensitive technologies" in the United States
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