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There are more foreign students coming to study in America and spending billions of dollars yearly. Photo Credit: ASPA National Weblog . 14 Nov 2011 18:23 Africa/Lagos Foreign Students Contributed More than $20 Billion to U.S. Economy Last Year PR Newswire WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2011 New state-by-state foreign student and study abroad data now available from NAFSA WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Foreign students and their families spent more than $20 billion in the United States during the 2010 – 2011 academic year, according to a new NAFSA report released today. California, New York, and Texas welcomed the largest numbers of foreign students, and those states and others across the country each saw a substantial benefit from spending by these students and their families on living expenses, tuition, and fees. * See NAFSA's new foreign-student spending data by state, congressional district, and top receiving institutions of higher education (www.nafsa.org/eis)....

Call For Nominations For The 2008 Br!ck Awards « on: Today at 01:57:05 AM » “The Oscars of youth service awards…”-CNN. Since 1996, The BR!CK Awards have honored the nation’s finest young world-changers. Winners represent the best in their field or issue and are rewarded with a huge community grant and a special televised award ceremony. Know how athletes have the Olympics and singers have the Grammy’s? It’s about time world-changers have their special night too. The goal of the BR!CK Awards is to shine the spotlight on these amazing leaders and give them the recognition and applause normally given to athletes, actors, and certain “personalities” or socialites who will remain unnamed…You could say that The BR!CK Awards ARE THE ANTI-AWARD SHOW. Instead of asking “who are you wearing?” the show asks “what are you doing?” Celebrities are included as presenters, not honorees. Former winners include a homeless teenager-turned lawyer who sued New York City for failing to provide adequate supp...