The article, China: Chinese students to dominate world market, was written in November of 2007 and identifies the top five nations with student mobility for seeking degrees at overseas university. By far, China leads the group with more than 350,000 students studying enrolled in post secondary education outside of China. India is next in number of mobile students, followed by South Korea, Morocco, and Turkey. The University World News notes that the global number of mobile students is growing, the market trend is growing at a higher rate outside of the European Union.
What implications does this have for students in the USA? The five countries listed have high unemployment rates. The numbers of students they have getting college degrees may exceed the total number of college age students in this country. We can speculate what impact this competitive global market might present when it comes to finding jobs. Thomas Friedman recently addressed clean power in Hot, Flat, and Crowded, maybe he will attend to this trend in post secondary education and the college readiness of students in the US as an issue in a future book. I wonder what the title might be?
The link is http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20071101150549773
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