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The Nation - News from May 28, 1985

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The United States is the No. 1 choice of the world’s students who go abroad for a college or university education, the Institute of International Education said in a report released in New York. Engineering and business, the fields most sought by foreign students, also are the majors most in demand by American students, said the report on student enrollment in the year 1979, titled “Foreign Student Flows.” The report said that of nearly 900,000 students studying abroad in 1979, the United States accounted for 286,000, or 32.8%.

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