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Originally Posted by beyeas
Definitely two distinct issues. That of diploma mills is an issue unto itself, whether we are talking about foreign or domestic students. If however we stick to legit educational institutions, then there is massive benefit to bringing foreign students here (at least in a time/place where there is available housing).
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I think the diploma mills are net negative (and unfair to the people paying them, and of questionable legitimacy; basically they collect $ for public benefits like work authorization) but I did notice some problems at large universities in Canada too. Not so much in Halifax, which didn't have the same scale of foreign money coming in.
There are only so many skilled faculty and grad students and there's only so much space in the short term, so the lure of higher foreign student tuition can displace domestic students. I also sometimes saw lowered standards for students who paid more, which tends to dilute the reputation of institutions. I think it's hard for large tuition bucks (or donations) not to have a bit of a corrupting influence. This reaches crazy levels in the US.
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