Turning Study Abroad Into A Full Degree Experience

St. Andrews has 1,230 Americans among its 7,200 students this year, compared with fewer than 200 a decade ago. The large American enrollment is no accident. St. Andrews has 10 recruiters making the rounds of American high schools, visiting hundreds of private schools and a smattering of public ones. With higher education fast becoming a global commodity, universities worldwide — many of them in Canada and England — are competing for the same pool of affluent, well-qualified students, and more American students are heading overseas not just for a semester abroad, but for their full degree program. Read more at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/01/education/01scotland.html?_r=1