Visa barriers push students from US and UK to Asia

AMSTERDAM: Inter­national students are turning away from the United States and Britain in favour of universities in Asia and continental Europe, a global university survey showed on Thursday, as tighter visa rules redraw the global map of higher education. International students typically pay far higher fees than domestic ones and are a major source of revenue, helping offset their host countries’ teaching and research costs. Britain and the US recorded the steepest drops in international underg

Source: Dawn