East Bay-India education connection
KALWNews.orgBy Hana Baba
Despite the current dismal state of education funding in California and the country, a fact that can be forgotten these days is that American higher education has long been the envy of much of the world. In many countries, having a degree from a US college makes the difference between being hired or not.
So, every year, thousands of foreign students apply to study in the US. In 2008, over 600 thousand foreign students attended American colleges. The top two countries with students in the US are China and India. And while India sends many students to study in the US, until recently, no US college was allowed to set up a campus on Indian soil.
Whereas in the past decade, many US colleges have established branches and campuses in other countries, such as Northwestern, Georgetown, and Cornell Universities- all in Qatar , and Harvard Medical school in Dubai, UAE , until a few months ago, Indian law prohibited foreign educational institutions from operating campuses and degree programs in the country. (Yale has a Yale-India initiative, but it doesn't offer degrees- only collaboration with local schools.)
But last March, after years of debate, India's Union Cabinet unanimously approved the Foreign Education Bill, which permits foreign colleges to set up shop in India- therefore saving Indian nationals the trouble, time, money, separation from family, and culture-clash involved with
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