United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2007-06-29 monographic deposited born digital 18 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-1047T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1047T P0b002ee180375a77 f:d071047t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1047T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1047T GAO-07-1047T College students Colleges and universities Education or training costs Foreign students Higher education Homeland security International cooperation International relations Policy evaluation Visas Policies and procedures Testimony A71693 More international students obtain a higher education in the United States than in any other country, and they make valuable contributions while they are here. For those students returning home after their studies, such exchanges support federal public diplomacy efforts and can improve understanding among nations. International students have earned about one-third or more of all U.S. degrees at both the master's and doctoral levels in several of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields. Yet recent trends, including a drop in international student enrollment in U.S. colleges and universities, and policy changes after September 11, 2001, have raised concerns about whether the United States will continue to attract talented international students to its universities. This testimony is based on ongoing and published GAO work. It includes themes from a September 2006 Comptroller General's forum on current trends in international student enrollment in the United States and abroad. Invitees to the forum included experts from the Congress, federal agencies, universities, research institutions, higher education organizations, and industry. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1047T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1047T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1047T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1047T.pdf GAO-07-1047T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-1047T Testimony GAO-07-1047T; Higher Education: Challenges in Attracting International Students to the United States and Implications for Global Competitiveness; College students Colleges and universities Education or training costs Foreign students Higher education Homeland security International cooperation International relations Policy evaluation Visas Policies and procedures Volume 110 Page 3009-704 110 Stat. 3009-704 Public Law 104-208