The US government on Friday announced an initiate to streamline student visa seekers. The Department of Homeland Security said this initiative is a "key component of government-wide effort to encourage the best and brightest foreign students to study and remain in the US."
The "Study in the States" initiative will examine regulatory changes, expand public engagement between the gov't and academia, and provide an online information hub for DHS and its partners.
Currently, more than 1.1 million active nonimmigrant students and the dependents study in the US.
I believe there was a study or findings recently that there is a worry that in the future American students will be far behind their international counterparts. Perhaps that is the driving force behind this type of initiative.
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