International students bring more than a different cultural perspective to college campuses in America. They bring money. Students from abroad add approximately $24 billion to the US economy. Many of the students from abroad do not require scholarship. Approximately 72% of international students receive funding from family or government. A University of Maine Chancellor, James Page, commented on the recruitment of international students as a means to increase revenue for the university, "He also said UMS needs
another source of students and tuition because of Maine’s declining high school
student population and the inclination of many of Maine’s top seniors to go out
of state or to private colleges. That lost tuition needs to be made up and UMS
needs outside help to do that."
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