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 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.
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The table presents the main
sources
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of funding which international
students
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in the US received in the years 2003/04 and 2013/14.
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, 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
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figure was followed by the endowment of US colleges and universities with 23%
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granted in 2003/4 and 19%
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sponsored in 2013/14. It can be obviously seen that the two main funding
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were ‘Personal and Family’ and ‘US College or University’, which together accounted for 90% of funding in 2003/4.
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, these two
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dropped to 84% by 2013/4.
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, fewer
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were reported to obtain sponsorship from foreign governments or universities, current employers or other
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. To be more specific, these figures made up merely 9% in 2003/4 and rose to 16% in 2013/14.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words sources, students with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "table" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
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