The article focuses on one Chinese student at the University of Nebraska. In 2005, the university had 19 students on campus and by 2009, the number reached 171. That number allowed the Chinese students to compose the largest group of foreign exchange students. Many students come here to receive a better education; many come here because they didn't do so well on the gaokao. This student, Bojaio Sun, came here for both reasons. He had plans to go to college in China to pursue a computer science degree after refusing to retake the gaokao the following year. After that didn't workout, he decided to pursue his interests in the USA and so he majored in Business. He stated "I'll get a better education in the USA and I will be able to learn what I want to learn." Having foreign students pursuing education in the USA serves as a big economic boost for the USA.
I think it's good for many students to receive an education in the USA instead of China. With the limited number of enrollment, China closes its students' opportunities of pursuing higher education. Welcoming foreign students with open arms is what the USA is all about and it makes things all the better when the USA can benefit from it too. This relationship also allows the USA and China to develop a closer relationship; this has a positive outcome on everyone in the USA and China so the USA should keep pursuing foreign students from all nations. It's definitely a confidence booster when I hear foreign students saying the US education is superior to the Chinese education because currently, the US is getting bashed for having a decline in the quality of education as a whole. For students of other nations to say the US is so good at what they are doing, this allows people to become more content knowing that the US is being praised by foreign exchange students. The best part about US education is that colleges are better than high schools which is the opposite of the Chinese. Having colleges that receive such high prestige, Harvard, MIT, Yale, this allows people to truly see US education for what it's worth. If the US benefits so much from welcoming foreign students, the US should keep pursuing foreign students to ensure that the US economy can be stable. This is crucial as we are in an era when the economy is very fickle.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-12-08-1Achinesestudents08_CV_N.htm
