As Flow of Foreign Students Wanes, U.S. Universities Feel the Sting

Re:As Flow of Foreign Students Wanes, U.S. Universities Feel... by pkaye on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @11:49PM (#16058503)

I wonder how many of these students come primarily for the subsequent job opportunities. If they were able to come for the education but not the subsequent OPT, would they still be willing to come? I've seen the tuition some of them paying like $50k/year and not sure how they can afford it unless they are hoping for big returns afterwards.

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Re:As Flow of Foreign Students Wanes, U.S. Universities Feel... by malloryerik on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @12:00AM (#16058568)

Very often, yes, they expect to return. For example Samsung was built to a large degree by Korean students returning to Korea from overseas programs, along with students from top local schools.

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Re:As Flow of Foreign Students Wanes, U.S. Universities Feel... by whack on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @08:51AM (#16060913)

You just answered your own question. If the only thing they cared about was the OPT, why would they pay $50k/year to attend a well-known university, when they can instead pay a fraction of that to attend a university no one knows about, and still get the OPT.

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Re:As Flow of Foreign Students Wanes, U.S. Universities Feel... by BeetleB on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @10:44AM (#16061893)

Because of a perception that they won't get a job if they go to an unknown university.

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Re:As Flow of Foreign Students Wanes, U.S. Universities Feel... by maruhan2 on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @03:48AM (#16059484)

Most students studying abroad plan to work in that country

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Re:As Flow of Foreign Students Wanes, U.S. Universities Feel... by netsharc on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @05:25AM (#16059882)

Source? I have a different viewpoint, a lot of people have national pride, still have a better network back home, or their parents' business, so that they actually go back to work in their home countries.

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Re:As Flow of Foreign Students Wanes, U.S. Universities Feel... by Bilal_io on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @05:38AM (#16059934)

I'd say it depends on the quality of life in the student's country. Those from western Europe, Japan, South Korea and Australia and any other country with similar quality of life would not mind going back, but almost everyone else would rather stay.

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Re:As Flow of Foreign Students Wanes, U.S. Universities Feel... by _0ffh on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @07:15AM (#16060349)

Generally, I'd agree, although in come cases plans just change: A foaf of mine from Japan studied in Vienna. After graduating, he decided he didn't want to permanently go back to Japan's rigid social structure. So he decided to stay in Austria. (He later married my friend's sister.)

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Re:As Flow of Foreign Students Wanes, U.S. Universities Feel... by true_religion on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @07:00AM (#16060268)

South korean students were returning home even decades before when the country was more poor.

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