The number of students from Bangladesh in the United States has marked a
rise by 15.5 percent to 3,828 in 2012-13, says the 2013 Open Doors Report
on International Educational Exchange. Overall, the number of
international students at colleges and universities in the United States
increased by seven percent to a record high of 819,644 students in the
2012-13 academic year, while the number of US students studying abroad
increased by three percent, to an all-time high of more than 283,000, says
the report released this week. In Bangladesh, EducationUSA advising
services and reference materials are available at locations across the
country, including the American Center at US Embassy Dhaka, located in
Baridhara, and the Edward M. Kennedy Center for Public Service and the Arts
located in Dhanmondi, where trained advisors lead group information
sessions and provide individual counseling to students and parents.
EducationUSA reference libraries and remote advising are accessible at
American Corners in Chittagong, Sylhet, and Khulna, and will soon be
available in Rajshahi. According to the report, 2012-13 is the seventh
consecutive year that the total number of international students in US
higher education increased. There are now 40 percent more international
students studying at US colleges and universities than a decade ago.
Assistant Secretary of State Evan M Ryan noted, “International students
enrich classrooms, campuses and communities in ways that endure long after
students return to their home countries. We encourage US schools to
continue to welcome more international students to their campuses and to do
more to make study abroad a reality for all of their students.” The US
Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Exchange sponsors
the EducationUSA network of over 400 advising centers worldwide, which
provides current, comprehensive, and accurate information about study in
the United States to students around the globe – UNB
