Discuss “International students' enrollment still strong”

Surveys in the Institute of International Education’s 2005 “Open Doors” report show hope for increased international student enrollment in American universities, despite another year of falling enrollment rates. Fighting these odds, Carnegie Mellon’s international student population has been steadily on the rise for the past two years.

The annual publication not only details international student enrollment, but the number of American students who study abroad as well. This year’s report, which encompasses activities for the 2004 school year, shows study abroad rates falling for a second consecutive year — not only on the undergraduate level (down 2.9 percent), but for graduate student studies as well (down 3.6 percent). Rates...