The table below shows the primary funding sources of international students in the US during the years 2003 to 04 and 2013 to 14. Write a 150-word report for a university lecturer describing the data and make comparisons where relevant.
The table presents the main
sources
of funding which international students
in the US received in the years 2003/04 and 2013/14.
Overall
, there was a growing trend in the sponsorship by foreign governments or universities, and current employers over the ten-year period.
As can be seen from the table, most of the funding came from personal and family support with 67% in 2003/4 and 65% in 2013/14. This
figure was followed by the endowment of US colleges and universities with 23% students
granted in 2003/4 and 19% Change preposition
of students
students
sponsored in 2013/14. It can be obviously seen that the two main funding Change preposition
of students
sources
were ‘Personal and Family’ and ‘US College or University’, which together accounted for 90% of funding in 2003/4. However
, these two sources
dropped to 84% by 2013/4.
On the contrary
, fewer students
were reported to obtain sponsorship from foreign governments or universities, current employers or other sources
. To be more specific, these figures made up merely 9% in 2003/4 and rose to 16% in 2013/14.Submitted by namnguyen3092 on
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