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Originally Posted by HotHotHeat
I've never thought of it as a problem if we're talking about Chinese-Canadians, Korean-Canadians, etc., however, speaking from experience, I know that universities (especially in BC) are marketing themselves to Asian countries hoping to attract international students that pay up to 4 times the tuition fees to be there. It's not entirely an academic thing, it's a financial thing.
If these sorts of actions are keeping Canadian citizens of any ethnicity off campus, it's wrong. Especially when you consider that the Asians coming over here leave for home the second they have the degree in their hand. It's doing nothing to better Canada.
That said, the Asian students I had a chance to work with in university were some of the nicest, most appreciative people I've met.
Canada's universities should be serving Canadians, first and foremost. If the Asian kids are out working the lazy white ones, so be it.
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The only thing I take issue with in your statement is the idea that international students are more financially attractive to universities. It is my understanding that they pay 4 times the tuition because their tuition is not subsidized by the government. A prof once told me that for every course I took in uni that cost me ~$500, that the government was spending around 6 times that to subsidize it.
Taking this into account, it would be no better financially to increase your foreign students.