November 15, 1961 (vol. 72, iss. 51) • Page Image 1
… Survey Research Cen- ter, presented tabular description of "How People Pay for College." He demonstrated that the an- nual expense of attending college for unmarried students could be as low as $450 or…
… contribution, 23 per cent from student earnings, 8 per cent from scholarships, and eight per cent from other sources. Parents reported various meth- ods of raising their contributions. In 48 per cent of the…
…. Among these were studies of foreign students in land-grant colleges, the education of Americans to serve abroad, the arts and sciences in land-grant colleges;teacher education, en- gineering and graduate…
… work in the humanities and social sci- ence. Foreign Students A report on foreign students was concerned with these stu- dents studying in the United States. The situation is espe- cially urgent because…
… of the needs of the new nations of the world. Each year, Ameri- can universities undertake the overwhelming task of educat- ing more than 53,000 students from abroad. And the number of foreign students…
… liberal and technical education must still be maintained. , The present method of selec- tion of foreign students has serious defects. And "the illu- sion that too many foreign stu- dents are coming to the…
… Unit- ed States,' concludes the re- port, "is the result of the un- necessary concentration of for- eign students in a few well- known universities." Selection Limited The fact that almost all of the…
… work must be conducted in English greatly limits the se- lection of students and creates both academic and social prob- lems for those foreign students who are admitted. Further problems include the…
… great amount of indifference toward foreign students on American campuses, the rigid- ness of course requirements and the startling differences be- tween the United States sys- tem of education and those…
… of other nations. All of this means that special orientation and counseling are badly needed in the universities. Further Problems Additional problems arise when the foreign student re- turns home. The…







