Foreign Students & Higher Education
Being a junior in high school some of my attention has been placed on college and future plans. Since we are in between chapters right now I decided to dig a little deeper on the subject. I found a website that addresses the number of foreign students who are studying higher education in the United States. I feel that opening our doors to foreign students is a great thing because those students can take what they have learned back to their homes and put it into action. Allowing the students of the world an opportunity to study in a higher education atmosphere is great, but I fear that most of the foreign students who are coming to the U.S. for school are the people who have families that can afford it. In the future I would like to see more being done about offering higher education to more class levels not just the upper class or those who can afford it. In any case, this site offers some statistics and information about foreign students coming to the United States for education; who knows maybe in the future you will have a class with a foreign student.http://usinfo.state.gov/scv/Archive/2005/Nov/14-84697.html
posted by Anonymous @ 3/11/2006 07:16:00 PM
2 Comments:
It is very good opportunity for students to come to America. Not only for the students from the foreign countries but also for the students in America. It gets Americans exposed to other cultures. For some countries it is a good opportunity, because there is poor schooling for others it is a good opportunity for the experience. Either way though I think it is a good idea to go to a different area of the world to study.
Having the chance to be a foreign exchange student is truly rewarding, though I can't say I've been one myself. Being exposed to a whole new culture and way of life would really open one up to new ideas and customs that they may have never thought of. We are so used to the culture of the United States, but imagine being exposed to a group of people who do things differently and live differently. The article attached does point out however that the numbers of foreign exchange students is only remaining steady and slightly dropping. This somewhat disappoints me because I would like to see more kids taking advantage of this opportunity.
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