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Old 11-10-2010, 10:32 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by anyonebutedmonton View Post
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.
It cant be a level playing field, otherwise there would be no incentive for the universities to recruit foreign students heavily.
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