<p>@sunnyflorida: If you think US or A was scammed then don’t you think its representatives should have put stricter rules and regulations. It is relatively easy to tell around 4000 or so schools whether they meet the requirements to enroll a foreign student that let random people with money to pay tuition but no academic standing come in as students. Since, its all about money, regulations are watered down. So, can’t quite figure out how US of A was scammed. In fact, UNVA and similar schools got all this tuition fee as revenue (at the rate of $350/credit hour). It probably sustained a lot of staff and faculty. It paid for some lobbying in Congress. It helped sustain some neighborhood business like apartments, grocery stores, restaurants and other such things. I think the students and their parents were the one who were ultimately screwed whether they knew it or not. For a prospective student sitting thousands of miles away it is very difficult to discern between University of Virginia and University of Northern Virginia. In fact, they may have applied to both but probably turned down by University of Virginia.</p>