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>It seems crazy to me that we’re investing a ton in the people who come here for higher education and then making it difficult for them to stay here and use the
by treis 7y ago
>It seems crazy to me that we’re investing a ton in the people who come here for higher education and then making it difficult for them to stay here and use the skills and education they acquired.
Foreign students pretty much always pay full fare so they a profit center for U.S. universities not really an investment.
- dfee 7y agoIf the argument is that a degree is an investment (I.e. future payout >> upfront cost), then we must think of the opportunity cost in not investing in citizens, but rather slotting in foreign students. This is why the government subsidizes tuition via pell-grants, etc.
- treis 7y ago> rather slotting in foreign students They don't really take up slots though. More like they fund slots for other students to not pay full fare.