Chesley Bonestell, “The Exploration of Mars” (1953), oil on board, 143/8 x 28 inches, gift of William Estler, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Reproduced courtesy of Bonestell LLC.

Flagship School Seeks Foreign Students

June 18, 2018

6/17/18 – The University of New Hampshire has become the first flagship state school in the United States to adopt an admissions test that may make it easier for students from China to enroll, bringing along the more than $45,000 they will pay for tuition and housing each year. But recruiting more higher-paying foreign students, along with a number of other actions that schools are taking to offset decreasing state aid, is shortsighted, two academic scholars say in Issues, and they propose alternative measures that would give universities some breathing room.