Chinese students have been flocking to the United States for over ten years, lured by the glamour of the American Dream and the prestige of an international education. With parents shelling out large sums of money for tutors and schools that promised to send their kids overseas, education consultancies grew rapidly throughout China.
However, that is now changing, and new data indicates that the appeal could be waning.
During the last academic year, students from India became the largest group of international students in American higher education – knocking China off the top seat for the first time since 2009, according to figures released Monday by the US State Department and the nonprofit Institute of International Education.
