One argument, not made, is that it may help German students too. Having various nationalities at home expose them to other ways of thinking. And it increases th

One argument, not made, is that it may help German students too. Having various nationalities at home expose them to other ways of thinking. And it increases their abilities to deal with them culturally later in life/business. I do find a parallel, at a completely different scale, with the strategy of Loh, the coach of the US high-school team for the Math Olympiads. An important part of his strategy is to invite his international opponents to train with his team. It is counter intuitive, but he says it makes his team better, and they're less scared of competition. They won twice in a row since. NYT article: https://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/wordplay/2016/07/18/imo-2016/ https://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/wordplay/2016/07/18/imo-201...