Learning Experience of International Students; Is The Trip Worth It?
The popularity of U.S. schools has increased in many countries throughout the world, especially China with students learning english in elementary school as mandatory curriculum. The 2015 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, finds the number of international students at U.S. colleges and universities had the highest rate of growth in 35 years, increasing by ten percent to a record high of 974,926 students in the 2014/15 academic year.
Universities benefit from the increase of students from overseas as Chao expresses it, “many U.S. universities are facing an increasingly tough financial situation with a shortage of domestic students, a sharp decrease in corporate support, and declines in government subsidies. In such a situation, Chinese students with money to spend may fill that financial gap” (29) An increase in diversity helps with government subsidies, shows that the college is accepting of other races and beliefs. With statistics showing that Chinese students who decide to study abroad usually come …show more content…
Chao’s work reflects the work of Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus in “Are Colleges Worth the Price of Admission?”. Discussing the problem of rising costs of college, especially big name colleges. Students are now not just paying for education, they are paying for a brand. As Hacker and Dreifus directly express, “colleges are taking on too many roles and doing none of them well”. This affects international students by bringing the cost up because of things students don’t need or want. Hacker and Dreifus would like to see a reform in how funding is spent throughout the school with funding going to already striving branches. As Hacker and Dreifus state, “Pick another college- there’s a long, deserving list- and send your check where it will truly do some good.” Colleges have lost touch with their main goal; educating
The popularity of U.S. schools has increased in many countries throughout the world, especially China with students learning english in elementary school as mandatory curriculum. The 2015 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, finds the number of international students at U.S. colleges and universities had the highest rate of growth in 35 years, increasing by ten percent to a record high of 974,926 students in the 2014/15 academic year.
Universities benefit from the increase of students from overseas as Chao expresses it, “many U.S. universities are facing an increasingly tough financial situation with a shortage of domestic students, a sharp decrease in corporate support, and declines in government subsidies. In such a situation, Chinese students with money to spend may fill that financial gap” (29) An increase in diversity helps with government subsidies, shows that the college is accepting of other races and beliefs. With statistics showing that Chinese students who decide to study abroad usually come …show more content…
Chao’s work reflects the work of Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus in “Are Colleges Worth the Price of Admission?”. Discussing the problem of rising costs of college, especially big name colleges. Students are now not just paying for education, they are paying for a brand. As Hacker and Dreifus directly express, “colleges are taking on too many roles and doing none of them well”. This affects international students by bringing the cost up because of things students don’t need or want. Hacker and Dreifus would like to see a reform in how funding is spent throughout the school with funding going to already striving branches. As Hacker and Dreifus state, “Pick another college- there’s a long, deserving list- and send your check where it will truly do some good.” Colleges have lost touch with their main goal; educating