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The Chronicle of Higher Education considers whether growth in international student applications to U.S. graduate schools is sustainable, or if the slow-down in applications described in the CGS International Graduate Admissions Survey is likely to continue.
The latest CGS International Graduate Admissions Survey was cited in a Reuters story about slow growth in international applications, and the impact to universities' access to investment capital in the financial markets.
Applications to U.S. graduate schools by international students grew by the smallest amount in the past eight years, CGS President Debra Stewart tells University World News.
CGS President Debra Stewart speaks with Bloomberg News about declining applications to U.S. graduate schools from China, the largest source of international graduate students at U.S. institutions.
Foreign Policy's War of Ideas blog highlights the slowing growth in Chinese student applications to U.S. graduate schools, as reported by the CGS 2013 International Graduate Admissions Survey: Applications.
International student applications to U.S. graduate schools grew at the slowest pace in recent years, according the Council of Graduate Schools 2013 preliminary survey of applications.
U.S. graduate schools are getting more applications from students in India and Brazil, but fewer from students in China, according to the preliminary estimates reported by the Council of Graduate Schools.
Applications to U.S. graduate schools from international students increased only 1% from 2012 to 2013, the slowest growth in eight years.
The latest CGS International Graduate Admissions Survey shows a shifting international landscape for U.S. graduate schools.
Federal budget cuts to graduate research and increased competition from nations with less restrictive immigration policies may be contributing to slowed growth in international student applications to U.S. graduate schools.