India,China demand more students in US
12 April 2013 6:22 AM IST
Describing foreign students, nearly four in ten of whom come from India or China, as a ‘potential asset’ to the US economy, a leading think tank wants Congress to ease their way to stay and work.
The number of all international students studying at US higher educational institutions has grown exponentially in the past 60 years, according to new research from the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Programme, Immigration Facts on Foreign Students.
‘Foreign students are a potential asset to our economy that policymakers should keep in mind as they debate immigration reform,’ said Neil Ruiz, associate fellow at Brookings and author of the report.
‘Expanding their access to US jobs could have particularly important impacts on the metropolitan areas where these students are most concentrated today.’
Since 2000, the US witnessed a 49 per cent increase in the number of foreign students, the report said noting this spike is primarily due to increased students from Asia. 60 per cent of the growth can be attributed to students from China, and 23 percent from India. In 2012, 64 per cent of students in the US hailed from Asia, 11.2 percent from Europe, 8.4 percent from Latin America, and 7.4 percent from the Middle East.
The number of all international students studying at US higher educational institutions has grown exponentially in the past 60 years, according to new research from the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Programme, Immigration Facts on Foreign Students.
‘Foreign students are a potential asset to our economy that policymakers should keep in mind as they debate immigration reform,’ said Neil Ruiz, associate fellow at Brookings and author of the report.
‘Expanding their access to US jobs could have particularly important impacts on the metropolitan areas where these students are most concentrated today.’
Since 2000, the US witnessed a 49 per cent increase in the number of foreign students, the report said noting this spike is primarily due to increased students from Asia. 60 per cent of the growth can be attributed to students from China, and 23 percent from India. In 2012, 64 per cent of students in the US hailed from Asia, 11.2 percent from Europe, 8.4 percent from Latin America, and 7.4 percent from the Middle East.
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