A flood of Chinese to American colleges
By Jacques Steinberg | New York Times | Updated: 2011-03-06 07:44
U.S. universities have been inundated with a 30 percent rise in applications. Stephen Mally for The New York Times |

GRINNELL, Iowa - Dozens of American colleges and universities are seeing a surge in applications from students in China, where a booming economy means that more families can pursue the dream of an American higher education.
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