U.S. wants students from China

The Santa Clara school is among several American universities that are accelerating recruitment in China. This educational pipeline delivered more than 40,000 undergraduates to the U.S. in the 2009-10 academic year – a 46% increase over the previous year – and promises to bring more.
The newfound wealth of many Chinese and their strong academic preparation make these students an admissions officer’s dream. Although China’s students have long filled American graduate schools, the country’s undergraduates now represent the fastest-growing group of international students.
A recruiting brochure, written in Chinese, extols the virtue of Santa Clara University’s location ‘in the heart of Silicon Valley, where all technology innovation and entrepreneurship happens.’
The search for Chinese talent is also under way at the University of San Francisco, where enrollment has jumped from 32 students to 424 in five years.
Peninsula Palo Alto states that Chinese students bring added value to the campus, admissions officers say, because of their academic preparation, global perspective and willingness to pay full tuition at cash-strapped campuses.