Foreign Demand for United States Higher Education
A Study of Developing Countries in the Eastern Hemisphere
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5080125 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vinod B Agarwal (0000-0002-5694-5420, Old Dominion University, corresponding author), Donald R Winkler (Old Dominion University) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 623-644 |
| Publication date | 1985-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economic Development and Cultural Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0079 • E-ISSN: 1539-2988 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/451482 |
| OpenAlex | W2095502756 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
(First Paragraph) Foreign student enrollments in the United States have increased rapidly over the past 25 years. The total number increased from 36,494 in 1954 to 336,990 in 1982. While foreign students still represent less than 2% of all higher education enrollments in the United States, this proportion is likely to grow over the next decade as enrollments of American citizens decline. One consequence of the growth to date has been that many colleges and universities depend on foreign students for an important part of their tuition revenue or enrollment-determined budget, and this dependence is also likely to grow over the next decade. Another important consequence of larger flows of foreign students is an increase in immigration to the United States of skilled labor as students adjust their visa status to immigrant
Developing country · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · International trade · Western hemisphere · Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
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Transnational higher education and skilled migration
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An economic analysis of debt swaps and case study of the Harvard debt for education swap
Cross Sectional Analysis of Indirect Professional Immigration to the United States, 1964–1974
College Choice Behaviors of International Students
Objective and subjective cultural relationships related to industrial modernization and social progress
Migration of Foreign Students to the United States
Through the Looking Glass
| Citations per year | 0.34 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1985 - 2022 (38) |
| Highly cited | No |