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The article reports that the U.S. State Department invited 120 college leaders to talk about how to make American higher education more engaged with the world and counter the perception that the U.S. no longer welcomes foreign students. President George W. Bush announced a $114-million proposal to increase the teaching of critical foreign languages, including Arabic, Chinese and Farsi. This year 536 low-income undergraduates will each receive a $5,000 Gilman scholarship to study abroad for at least four weeks.

This article presents two cases that discusses the reputation of the U.S. as a global educational destination in the year of 2015. According to an analysis that discusses the best scenario, Over the last decade, China, India, South Korea, and other countries made great strides in developing their own graduate schools. But by maintaining its investments in research and higher education, the United States continues to attract some of the best students from those countries. According to an analysis that discusses the worst scenario, a report on the most popular destinations for study abroad in 2015 marks a grim milestone for American higher education. After having been the undisputed first choice for many decades, the United States, with just under 300,000 foreign students enrolled last academic year, slipped to second place behind Great Britain.