[nylug-talk] Does this situation in any way mirror what is happening in the tech sector?

[jh]

> On Friday 21 September 2007 05:22:25 am Kevin Mark wrote:

> A large percentage of grad students today are from outside the country.  
> Schools like mine love oversea applicants because they don't get financial 
> aid (or much of it) and so they pay so top dollar in a more hassle free 
> manner.  

This isn't just grad school.

I live in Clinton Hill, near Pratt Institute. The weak dollar has 
apparently worked in the favor of foreign students and Pratt. There is a 
massive increase in the number of the incoming students this year that 
is from overseas. I'd guess that the number has at least doubled, 
perhaps more.

My gf's younger sister is a senior at Yale. She's did freshman 
orientation. She reported the same thing - a sudden and pronounced 
influx of overseas students.

Bridges and roads are not the only thing rotting in American 
infrastructure. This is going to be a sad place in a few years, I'm afraid.

jh