Quotes: Is the U.S. still #1 for Intl Students?  
There is growing evidence that students throughout the world no longer see the US as the
primary place to study; ... that this may mean a continued decline in the US's
market share of international students.

.... our recommendation of a national goal to double the number of international students in the US over the next decade

...That students from throughout the world study in the US and that a sizable number of them then
stay has been one of our core strategies in building a highly skilled work force, and will be a key
to our future economic competitiveness. As we are often reminded, the US remains the number
one international study destination for intelligent students from across the world - in particular
from India, China, and Korea, the big three sources of international students globally.

In the past, one of America's greatest economic and social advantages has been the world renowned
strength of its network of higher education institutions, ... and its relative openness to talent from throughout the world.
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READ full UCBerkeley article
http://www.cshe.berkeley.edu/publications/docs/ROPS.JD.RE.GlobalTalent.9.25.09.pdf

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WHAT EXPERTS SAY THE WORLD NEEDS MOST
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and what I.S.I. is already helping with!
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U.S. DIPLOMACY IN AFGHANISTAN & PAKISTAN:

"to rebuild [Afghanistan and Pakistan] from the inside into modern nations. ...nation building so they will have self-sustaining moderate governments, we surely don't have enough troops or resources inside devoted to either...The big wild-card--a critical mass of people who share our aspirations inside these countries rising up and leading the fight, which is what ultimately tipped Iraq for the better (Thomas Friedman, New York Times, 4/15/09)

[heyyyyyyy---that's what ISI is doing-- strengthening their leaders!]

"Obama has proposed a civilian surge--a phalanx of mentors for the Afghans. ..."What we need is to engender hope and faith in the Afghan government."(Jeremy Brenner, U.S. State Dept. adviser (Time Magazine 4/20/09)

"The Taliban...aren't fighting for religion. They are fighting for money. If they had jobs, they would stop fighting." Afghan elder Sham Sher Khan (Time Magazine 4/20/09)

SCIENCE -- UNDERSTANDING PROTEINS:

"The key to how a protein works is its 3-dimensional shape...There are more ways to fold a protein than there are atoms in the universe. It's like a combination lock with 1,000 dials. Yet proteins fold themselves into shape in a fraction of a second. No one knows how." (John Bohannon, Wired Magazine May 2009)

How is ISI helping with this, you may ask? We're helping students to see that they can know the God who created all this, while they work in their science labs to "unfold" His creation! p.s. UCSC is one of the leaders in Genome research!!