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More Chinese students to study at UNA

Carolyn Manueel

Issue date: 9/11/08 Section: News
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The American Education Institute and UNA have signed a partnership agreement enabling more Chinese students to enroll at the university.

Beginning next spring, more Chinese students will be furthering their education here on campus.

Dr. Evan Ward, director of the Center for International Programs at UNA, said that the Chinese students enrolling will be college students.

They will have had at least two years of college already, unlike most study abroad students that are fresh out of high school.

When asked if the 2008 Olympics sparked the partnership agreement, Ward said the events leading up to the Olympics have played some role in these students coming to the United States, but it was not sparked directly by it.

"The Olympics are the perfect moment, because you have China's economy expanding, you have more Chinese students studying abroad, and you also have UNA's search for good students, and all of this happened

at the same time" Ward said.

Jacque Behrens, director of Recruiting at the Center for International Programs, said that Asian students are very diligent and value their education, and that International students usually have a higher GPA than American students.

Behrens said that this new agreement

has four major benefits.

"It's good to have students from different countries on the campus to educate American students," she said. "I am looking for opportunities and places for American students overseas.

"These international students pay out-of-state tuition, bringing extra money into the university and the community, and it gives our faculty the opportunity to interact with foreign

faculty."
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