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Another helpful site about American higher education and financial aid is
educationUSAeducationusa. state.
comgov. About half of international students are in graduate school. The Institute of International Education in New York says 31% during the last academic year were undergraduates. The others were studying
in English or in training
programsprogram.
In all, the Unites United States hands has around $8,000,000 18,000,000 students in higher education. Last year, more than 620,000, or 3. 5% three and a half percent, were international students.
The Unite United States, though, has the largest " market cheer share, " about 20% of all the international students in the world. But even as more and more students come to the United States, more and more are also going to other countries. So experts say the American cheer share is likely to go down in the future.
The nearest competitor is BritianBritain, with 3013% at last report. Other top countries for international students include France, Germany, Australia, China, Canada , and Japan.
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We talked last week about employment rules for international students in the United States. Now we moved move to financial aid, which is often limited for interntional international students. Americal shools
American schools provided aid to almost half of foreign graduate students during the last academic year, but only 10% of undergraduates. In all, more than 60% of international students pay paid for their education mainly with personal or family money. 26% was were supported by their American college or university.
Foreign students represent the vulable a valuable resourceas specially , especially when public colleges and universities face budget cuts by Statesstates. Foreign students pay the higher prices charged for students from out of state. Not only that, they can help schools increase their ethnic diversity.
Some students are supported by their home university or governmentare . A small number receives receive support from the United States government. Employers, private sponsors and international organizations also help some students pay for school.
A list of American colleges and universities that offer financial aid to foreign students can be found at edupass. org, that's e-d-u-p-a-s-s dot o-r-g. The Web site also provides information and advice on scholarship programs. Never , trust a program that charges for application forms.
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The researchers Researchers say more than half of young people who use MySpace often discuss high-risk behaviors. 2 studies of the social networking site recently appeared in the Archives of * Pediatric and adlutlisence Adolescent Medicine.
In one 1 study, research examine researchers examined the pages of 500 18-year-olds from the United States. It They found that 41% of the profiles chosen at random included information about alcohol or drug use. 24% discussed sexual behaviorand . And 14% included discussion of violence.
Young people who said they were acted active in religious groups, sports or other interests were less likely to discuss risky behaviors. In the second 2nd study, the researchers read the MySpace profiles of about 190 individuals. All said they were 18 to 20 years old. Each person discussed high risk high-risk behaviors. One
1 of the researchers was Megan Moreno, now at the University of Wisconsin. Megan Doctor Moreno sent the a message to half the young people. Her e-mail suggested that they change their profiles. She also warned them about the risk of sharing personal information. About 14% of those receiving the e-mail removed information on sexual behavior. Among individuals who did not receive the a message, about 5% later removed such information.
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President-elect Barack Obama named the top members of his economic team in a series of announcements this week in Chicago, Illinois. His * nominee for the secretary of the Treasury is Tim Geithner, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for the past 5 years. Mr. Geithner has been working to rescue campanies effected companies affected by the financial crisis. He has also worked that as undersecretary of the Treasury Department for international affairs.
The top economic advicers adviser in the White House will be * Larry Summers. He was President Clinton's last Treasury secretary, at the same time that Tim Geithner was undersecretary. The former Harvard University president will lead the National Economic Council. That position does not require Senate approval.
But comformation confirmation is required for the director of the Council of Economic Advisers. Mr. Obama 's Obama's choice to lead that group is Christina Romer. She is an economist and economic historian at the University of California, Berkeley.
The nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget in the White House is Peter Orszag, until now the director of the Congressional Budget Office.
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