But their experience here best fits them to remain in America. and is often ill suited to the needs of their homelands. So a conservative estimate is that 20 to 25 percent stay. The brain drain is acute among foreign students. In an article in the July Foreign Affairs. Cornell President James A. Perkins cites an estimate thatOver 90 percent of Asian students who come here to study never return home. Immigration and Naturalization Service statistics indicate that 30 percent of Asians who come here on student "Fvisas" adjust their status to permanent resident. Whatever the exact figures. the nonreturn of students to Asia is of massive proportions. particularly severe for countries such as Taiwan. Korea. and Iran.
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Over 90% of Asian students who come here to study never return home.