Indian Students Flock To The U.S.

Sixty years after gaining independence from Britain, India's students are flocking abroad for higher education. Today, India is the leader in sending its students overseas for international educational exchange, with over 123,000 students studying outside the country in 2006. More than 76,000 of them have chosen the United States as their academic destination.
The U.S. receives more international students from India than from any other country, a trend that continues to shape and impact the cultural, economic and diplomatic dialogue between the two countries. Vigorous efforts have been undertaken by such U.S. government leaders as Under Secretary of State Karen Hughes to persuade Indian students to study in the U.S. This past …………… India surpassed China as the international community's leading exporter of students to America, and it seems likely to remain so for years to come.
With 10 times more college campuses than any other country in the world, the United States easily lends itself to the burgeoning international student population, which brought over $13 billion to the U.S. in 2006. [View Full Article]