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Sharp increase in number of foreign students in University of California (UC) system and educational institutions nationwide; Reasons, implications, and possible solutions
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Primary
focus of this study was to look into various causes and implications of
increase in number of foreign students at Undergraduate level at UC’s after
year 2008. Similar trends can be observed at other great universities across
the United States. We tried our best to
get as much data as possible from government or public or very reputed
websites, all the web references have been shown at the top. We have tried our best to state the facts as
it is and not give any opinions. This
study was conducted to understand all aspects of the issue. We used free online
resources available in public domain. We did not change any numbers or facts. We
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We are not
against foreign students attending US educational institutions, we want to make
the admissions process fair for domestic students. Universities and educational
institutions should screen domestic and international students with similar
standards as they evaluate domestic students and close the loopholes of
fraudulent practices.
UC is
admitting a big percentage of International students, or non-US Citizens,
non-US permanent resident students, thus reducing the admissions for US citizen
students especially in the STEM majors since they have the ability to pay the
high tuition. Expansion of OPT (Optional
practical training) terms and granting OPT after every degree had a huge impact
on the number of foreign students. OPT expansion literally opened floodgates
for foreign students.
Percentage
of foreign students is actually even higher as there are many categories of
students which can get classified as California residents but may not be legal
citizens or US permanent residents.
Limited
verification of foreign education credentials and huge education consulting
industry helping foreign students get spots in US universities helped the
numbers of foreign students soar. Cheating in admissions process is widespread,
big international/Chinese companies are gaming the admissions process, people in
many other countries usually do not play by rules.
Countries
like India had orders of magnitude surge in number of engineering colleges in
last two decades and the cost of education went up dramatically went up in
Indian colleges. Employability of graduating engineers went down drastically in
India, which led many graduates to find creative ways to get out of India. Higher
education loans are easily available in India and other countries. Big corporations, universities, university
professors, and others in US actually benefit from influx of foreign labor
while pushing enormous burden on society.
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