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Nature 426, 5 (6 November 2003) | doi:10.1038/426005a

US loses allure in foreign students' eyes

Geoff Brumfiel

The number of foreign students enrolling in US universities stagnated last year and may now be declining for the first time in decades, according to a series of studies released this week.The annual report of the Institute of International Education (IIE), a New York-based organization that monitors student exchange, shows that the growth in total foreign-student enrolment at US universities grew by just 0.