[neutrino]

From looking at my kids peers, this pattern appears to be occuring nationwide

You're right - it's exactly that way. And fewer still are going to graduate school.

The foreign students that our universities train used to stay in the US - now, they return to their native lands.

And what will we do when China gets a bit stronger, militarily and economically? What will we do when we no longer lead the world in technology?

I think we will pay a terrible price for those cheap trinkets we bought at Great Wall Mart.

[valkyrieanne]

The foreign students that our universities train used to stay in the US - now, they return to their native lands.

Half or more of US engineering grad students are from foreign countries. They study here, go back to jihadi countries, and in some cases are involved in terrorism or shilling for terrorism.

[nopardons]

More American kids go to college and graduate school, than at any prior time in the history of this nation.So just where are you getting your info from?