U.S. Graduate Schools See Rise in International Students

The number of international students accepted by U.S. graduate schools has risen for the third consecutive year, reports The Financial Times.
Many attributed the eight percent rise in foreign graduate students to improvements by the U.S. government to the tedious student visa process. But even after three years of growth, 78 percent of U.S. graduate schools reported fewer international applicants this year than in 2003, according to a survey by the Council of Graduate Schools.
The number of foreign applicants to U.S. graduate schools declined in 2004 and 2005 after the state department imposed restrictions on students seeking visas after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. [View Full Article]