<p>U.S</a>. schools' foreign enrollments soar - USATODAY.com</p>
<p>Undergraduate enrollment at the Ivy+2 schools seems to have held steady at around 8% though from my glances at each school's Common Data Set, probably because of a soft-cap on the number of students admitted.</p>
<p>The undergrad ratios at the University of Texas continue to be stable at about 92% Texan, 4% out-of-state U.S., and 4% international. (I think there is a state law that Texas schools have to be at least 90% Texan.)</p>
<p>Outside of situations like this, I think most schools really want more international students!</p>
<p>As we enter a world wide recession - (depression) I wonder if the numbers will hold.</p>
<p>The statistics in the USA Today article are misleading rubbish.</p>
<p>So what if international enrollments increased 7%? Internationals account for less than 4% of US college enrollment. Their numbers would have to increase by 20% just to raise their proportion of the over US student body by an insignificant 1%. Instead, this "whopping" 7% increase would take them from 4% to 4.25% of the US enrollment, except that with the peak in echo boom demographics, overall college enrollment is also setting new all-time record highs each year.</p>
<p>The media writers really can't be that dense. They have to be intentionally misleading to publish articles and headlines like that with no context. From the article, the reader would be left with the impression of an overwhelming invasion.</p>
<p>Yeah, we're Texas, ya'll stay home! :)
Just kidding...</p>