November 26, 2008

Gains in International Students Help Berkeley Fill Budget Gap

By Josh Keller

Berkeley, Calif.

The University of California at Berkeley tripled the number of international students it admitted in this year's freshman class and plans to enroll even more students from outside the state next year, in part to pump up tuition revenue during a difficult financial period for the state's universities.

Berkeley's chancellor, Robert J. Birgeneau, said in an interview last week that his campus was increasing the number of international students primarily for educational reasons,

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