[description]A recent survey done by the think-tank International Study Monitor has shown that @@NAME@@ has seen a 20% drop in the number of international freshmen enrolled in its universities this year. This news has fueled a debate about how higher education in @@NAME@@ can be made appealing to foreigners again.
[validity]tourists can enter the country, low inclusiveness
1. [option]"Well, it is clear why this is happening, isn't it?" mock-questions @@RANDOMNAME@@, a Bigtopian student majoring in Comparative Ethnic Studies and Basket Weaving at @@CAPITAL@@ University. "This country is not friendly to people who come to study here, and is therefore set to soon lose the benefits of a diverse student body and a diverse workforce. If you want to attract more international students, you need to invest in programs that promote inclusiveness, like giving tax reliefs to universities for admitting more international students or providing grants for scientific research that foreign graduate students want to conduct in @@NAME@@."
[effect]university dorms are like the Tower of Babel
2. [option]"Excuse me, but I don't understand why this is an issue at all," snaps Karen @@RANDOMLASTNAME@@, part-time knitting blogger and full-time soccer mom, staring at you with a permanently raised eyebrow. "My Jimmy is studying hard to get good grades and is captain of his school's soccer team and plays the bassoon in the school orchestra. But we are still worried that the colleges in this country will pass over his application to admit an undeserving Núi Và Sôngian student for the sake of so-called diversity! If anything, we should ban international students and reserve all university spots for our own students."
[effect]universities are not really universal at all
3. [option]"Ah, so, I find it obviously unfair that foreigners should come here to benefit from the top-class university education we provide," says Dr. @@RANDOMMALENAME@@, an elderly Professor of Economics from Maxford University who got his tenure fifty years ago. "But there can always be a tradeoff. I suggest we make it mandatory for international students to pay high tuition fees to study here, so at least we get something in return, too."
[option validity]college is tuition-free
[effect]universities develop an ardent preference for foreign students
4. [option]"Ah, so, I find it obviously unfair that foreigners should come here to benefit from the top-class university education we provide," says Dr. @@RANDOMMALENAME@@, an elderly Professor of Economics from Maxford University who got his tenure fifty years ago. "But there can always be a tradeoff. I suggest we make it mandatory for international students to pay much higher tuition fees than domestic students to study here, so at least we get something in return, too."
[option validity]college is not tuition-free
[effect]universities develop an ardent preference for foreign students