Total Enrollment of Foreign Students at Graduate Schools Jumps, but Gain in New Students Is Slower

The total enrollment of foreign students at American graduate schools increased this fall for the second year in a row, according to the results of a survey conducted by the Council of Graduate Schools. The 7-percent increase is the largest gain since 2002, but it was unclear whether total enrollment would continue to rise, as the growth in first-time enrollments slowed considerably from 2006.
"This is the largest gain that we've had in the five years that we've been doing the study, so that's obviously fairly good news," said Debra W. Stewart, the council's president. "But the rebound in international enrollment has not been enough to reverse the declines in absolute numbers that many institutions reported in 2004," she said.[View Full Article by subscription - The Chronicle]