The international student population may be affected by higher education proposals in Europe.
Governments in Germany, France and Britain, among others, recently have proposed raising tuition at public universities and making admissions processes more selective, according to the New York Times.
In Europe, the Times reports, higher education is viewed the same way secondary education is in the United States: As a public good with free or close-to-free tuition. In addition, governments often will provide stipends for students in order to cover living costs.
A higher education bill that included provisions to raise tuition passed the British Parliament last week.
The University contains 1600 undergraduate and graduate international students, many of whom passed up almost free higher education in order to study here.
"Undergraduates generally do not receive any kind of scholarships or financial aid," Senior International Advisor Richard Tansen said. "Most of the time it is only the well-financed that can afford to send their kids to us. Graduate students, on the other hand, are able to receive some funding from their departments."
Officials across Europe also have introduced the idea of making universities academically selective, an idea foreign to Europeans, reported the Times. Currently a high school degree guarantees citizens access to higher education.
The University attracts some international students who consider the education better here than at a public university back home, said first-year College student Nikhil Puri, an international student from India.
"Higher education is better here than it is in India," Puri said. "Universities invest more money into their universities in the United States. In India, they do not give as much importance to higher education. I decided to come here because the University of Virginia is a great university, and it is cheaper on the whole than other top rated universities in the United States."
--Compiled by A.J. Frank
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