How Foreign Students Contribute to Their American Communities

Today, many foreign students study in the United States and they give a lot of benefits economically and culturally to the United States. In America, when baby boom generation shifts toward middle age, American enrollments of collage and university are decreasing. And the space of enrollments filled by foreign students. It shows that foreign students contribute to the America economically. Also, foreign students give opportunities that can experience cultural diversity and cultural exchanges.
To begin with, a lot foreign students contribute in economy and culture to their American communities. According to the Howard, “Foreign student enrollment is seen by many administrators as a way to maintain college and university enrollments and the state money that comes with these enrollment” (1984, p. 200-215). Also, Ley states “If we assume that 300,000 foreign students spend $10,000 per year in the United States, we can see that 3 billion dollars are contributed annually to the American economy through international education” (1984, p. 33, 25-39). In side view of culture, Deaver mentions that, “Last year at Southern Illinois University and the University of Wisconsin, schools with large international festivals and cross-cultural meetings were regularly held (1980, p. 5, 120-129).
I think that foreign students add to economical and cultural benefits to American communities. So, a lot of American college and University should try to think about the way of security of foreign students such as increasing scholarship and useful equipments for foreign students. And they should give opportunities that are cross-cultural meetings and festivals steadily.