There has been similar growth in scholarly exchange. With 20,149 Chinese scholars in the United States in 2006/07, China sends more than twice as many scholars to the United States as does Korea, the second largest sender. The bi-national Fulbright Scholar Program paralleled this growth, going from having 20 Chinese scholars in the United States and 20 U.S. scholars in China 1999/99 to 46 Chinese scholars in the United States and 41 U.S. scholars in China in 2007/08.
“The growing importance of China and the rising cost of studying in Europe seem to be attracting more students to China and other ‘non-traditional’ destinations such as Brazil and India,” Goodman says.
The number of Chinese scholars teaching and doing research at U.S. colleges and universities has followed a similar general upward trend in recent years. According to the report, China is the largest sending country for foreign scholars. With 20,149 Chinese scholars in the United States in 2006/07, China sends more than twice as many to the United States as Korea, the second largest sending country.
“Academic exchanges between the U.S. and China expand opportunities for U.S. students and faculty members to experience first-hand China’s growing impact in many areas of global significance,” says Peggy Blumenthal, executive vice president of IIE.
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