The article, Chinese Students Paying U.S. Tuitions—How? And Why? addresses that, according to surveys and anecdotal evidence, over half of Chinese students will have faked something in their admission packets to obtain acceptance into U.S universities. When U.S students attend college, they can receive loans and financial aid to help pay the costs of tuitions. In the U.S, students accumulate debt, but loans for education in China are unheard of. Many Chinese families have been saving for years to pay for college, but when the time comes, if they are still short, they might sell their apartment, and extended family members might kick in. Students from outside of the U.S are highly prized by universities in the U.S because they have to pay much higher tuition fees than in-state students. For example, at the University of Michigan, a freshman from Shanghai was charged approximately $38,000 in annual tuition and fees, while a student from Kalamazoo paid less than $13,000.
Parents in China want their children to have an American education, and view an American education as superior. They want their children to attend a top 50 school. It has been said that when Chinese students arrive back in China after studying abroad, that they become a social problem. This is because they return with limited English and limited marketable skills, yet they have high expectations. They don’t fit in America, and when they go back to China, they don’t fit in Chinese society either. In my opinion, universities should not charge thousands of dollars more for out-of-state students. What’s the difference anyways? We are all students, trying to obtain a good education with a degree. I don’t understand why a person from out-of-state needs to pay 25,000 dollars more in tuition and fees, like at the University of Michigan. There is also more money included in books, and food. So, out-of-state students are spending a lot of extra money. I also don’t think that Chinese families should send their children all the way to America just because they think a degree from America is a “luxury good.” They could save so much money by encouraging their children to obtain a quality education at a university in China. After all, a degree is a degree, it really does not matter where you receive it from.
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