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From: johnm@uts.amdahl.com (John Murray)
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Re: "Shortage" of American Grad Students
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Date: 16 May 89 01:33:28 GMT
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In article <29168@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>, tedrick@ernie.Berkeley.EDU (Tom Tedrick) writes:
>                       . . . . Since American
> universities are of higher quality on average than the norm,
> worldwide, foreign students have a strong incentive to come
> here to study. 

Although there are undoubtedly some very good American universities,
this assertion may not be completely accurate. One only has to
compare the admissions standards for a lot of US schools with those of
other countries to see that standards expected in the US are quite
low in many cases.

The fact that such a large proportion of Americans go to university
(40% ??) is an indication of this differing standard, especially when
compared to nations where education is heavily subsidised or even free.

- John Murray (My own opinions, etc.)