IUPUI enrolled a record 1,446 international students for its fall semester, up 6 percent from last year, the university announced
Thursday morning.
The increase included a 30-percent increase in new freshman enrollment.
For the first time, more than 300 of IUPUI’s international students are from a single country—China, with 319
students. Other countries with large student populations include India with 249 and Saudi Arabia with 219, both increases
over last year, said IUPUI officials.
“As important members of the IUPUI community, international students’ perspectives in the classroom and involvement
in student organizations give character to the campus and help IUPUI students develop a global perspective,” said Sara
Allaei, the school’s director for international enrollment and services.
A new program coordinated by the Office of International Affairs—the Global Voices Speakers Program—uses international
students to help faculty "internationalize" their courses, IUPUI said.
Overall enrollment decreased slightly at IUPUI during the fall semester, which began Aug. 22, falling 0.2 percent, to 30,300
students.
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No one is getting a "free" education.
If we want to be competitive in the world market, then we need to drop the parochial attitudes. Educating people in the U.S. is competely unrelated to having foreign students attend U.S. schools.
There is so many angry people these days. I don't get it.
Because of many other policy choices, Indy doesn't have nearly the international exposure it should. Most growth and investment in the world is occuring outside of the U.S. The majority of the bright young people of the future are not Americans. When these international students come here, they expose us to their cultures, languages, and histories which will be invaluable as we try to grow in the modern world. Further, if we help them feel welcome, they may choose to stay in Indy or may speak favorably of Indy when they return home (both of these are very good things). As a city and a state, we must work to expose our young people to the other peoples of the world, and the returns to us will be orders of magnitude greater than the relatively miniscule amount we may spend on bringing these students here.