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Some of the above-mentioned countries who has a nom-
inal GDP of about $39.4 billion dollars or less is as populous
as ten to eleven million population, countries like Jordan or
Bolivia. [4]
Another beautiful example would be Turkish Republic of
Northern Cyprus. It is a small island with the population of
almost three hundred and fourteen thousand. Northern Cy-
prus has nine universities with the 10th being in the works,
according to the Higher Education Counsel.
With a total number of 63,000 students enrolled in these
universities, of whom only 13,000, about 20 percent are
Turkish Cypriots, another 35,000 are from Turkey, and other
15,000 international students coming mainly from Africa,
the Middle East and Central Asia. Mr. Gokcekus, the Yodak
president, estimates that education contributes $875 million
to the government»s $ 1.6 billion budget. [5]
Moreover, the local trade chamber estimates that every
student spends an average of $16,000 dollars per year in
Northern Cyprus, a sizeable contribution to an economy
whose per capita gross domestic product is $15,555 dollars
according to its Foreign Ministry. [5]
It proves that International students can contribute finan-
cially to the economy of any country tremendously if it is well
managed.
Moreover, the other long-term benefits of practicing open
door policy to International students are that we are going
to share with them our language and culture, wisdom and
knowledge and our values.
I believe that by showing a care to international students
and sharing with them our culture, knowledge and by giving
them a chance to learn our language we are placing into their
hearts and mind love and care for our country.
If anyone asks me, how did the United States of America
made it to the top and become one of the leading places for
innovation and technology, business and investment, social
and political stability and especially geopolitical success in
its foreign policy, I would say that they have educated more
international students than any other country did.
Every year The United States accepts millions of inter-
national students and educates them. Among them, there
are future professors, inventors, mathematicians, scien-
tist, medical doctors, politicians, entrepreneurs and all other
types of professionals.
These people most probably either return to their home
countries and keep a good relationship with the United
States or remain in the United States and help for the devel-
opment of the society.
Based on above-mentioned facts, more than 450,000
workplaces were created or supported by International stu-
dents in the United States for the year of 2016–2017.
According to the article published in forbs, more than10
percent of 400 billionaires of the United States are immi-
grants, among whom some of them started their life and ca-
reer in the United States as an international student.
Elon Musk, He grew up in South Africa and then immi-
grated to Canada at age 17. He landed in the US as a transfer
student at the University of Pennsylvania, who has a net
worth of $20.1 billion. His first big break came after he cre-
ated X. com, an online payment company that was merged
into what later became PayPal, which was sold to eBay for
$1.5 billion, in 2002. [6]
Musk is well known for revolutionizing transportation
both on earth and in space. He is a CEO and CTO of SpaceX,
which is worth $20 billion and CEO and product architect of
Tesla Inc, which is worth $48 billion, making it worthier then
American pioneer car company Ford. [7]
Another benefits of attracting more international students
is that, they will continuously keep a good relationship with
the country where they have been studying even after re-
turning to their home countries.
Since 2008, People»s Republic of China has realized the
importance of International students. China has increased
the number of government and provincial scholarships and
grants to International students.
More international students are flocking to China than
ever before. According to China»s Ministry of Foreign Af-
fairs, over 440,000 foreigners studied in China in 2016 —
marking a 35 percent increase from 2012. China attracts
more international students than any other Asian power and
ranks third globally, behind the United States and the United
Kingdom. [8]
Based on the above facts and statistics, we can conclude
saying that, international students can contribute to the de-
velopment of the country financially and intellectually. Rus-
sian Higher Institutions and Ministry of Education of Russian
Federation has to come with minimal of 5 years work plans to
increase the number of international students in the country.
They should create an online platform or a system where
all the information on Russian higher institutions should be
published, for example name and the location of the univer-
sity, short introduction, faculties and facilities, tuition and
dorm fee expenses and last but not least grants and scholar-
ships offered to international students.
In addition, this system should be strongly monitored by
Ministry of Education of Russian Federation and the team in
charge of this platform should closely work with the students
and in terms of guidance and assistance. Finally, the gov-
ernment should offer full and partial scholarships and grants
to the outstanding international students throughout their
studies.
References:
1. Jie Zong and Jeanne Batalova, May 12, 2016, «International Students in the United States» Migration Policy Insti-
tute, accessed December 10, 2017. https://www. migrationpolicy. org/article/international-students-united-states
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