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From: matloff@mole.Berkeley.EDU (Norman Matloff)
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Re: "Shortage" of American Grad Students
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Date: 16 May 89 20:32:13 GMT
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In article <2857@buengc.BU.EDU> bph@buengc.bu.edu (Blair P. Houghton) writes:

>Foreign students are almost
>always fully funded by their home country.

At least for CS, EE, etc., this is NOT the case.  In fact, even those
who do have support offered to them by their home government often
refuse it, so as not to be obligated to return after graduation.

   Norm