http://www.educatednation.com/2009/02/27/harvard-inks-loan-deal-for-international-students/ A higher education blog about news, humor, advice, and opinion on education, college degrees, university life and careers. Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:03:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.educatednation.com/2009/02/27/harvard-inks-loan-deal-for-international-students/comment-page-1/#comment-125064 Lynn M Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:19:41 +0000 http://www.educatednation.com/2009/02/27/harvard-inks-loan-deal-for-international-students/#comment-125064 Alexa, It is definitely important for us to have international students at our universities, as you said. In some fields we don't have enough "home grown" people to supply the pipeline of important fields like engineering and science-related fields. If we want to stay competitive we not only have to invite international college students, but we have to find a way to keep them here. There is no point in educating foreigners in our country, only to send these qualified, educated, and talented individuals back to their home countries to compete against the U.S., especially in areas of technology, development, and innovation! Alexa,
It is definitely important for us to have international students at our universities, as you said. In some fields we don’t have enough “home grown” people to supply the pipeline of important fields like engineering and science-related fields. If we want to stay competitive we not only have to invite international college students, but we have to find a way to keep them here. There is no point in educating foreigners in our country, only to send these qualified, educated, and talented individuals back to their home countries to compete against the U.S., especially in areas of technology, development, and innovation!

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