The truth is many institutes of higher learning in developed countries are in financial trouble. They are often dogged by mismanagement of funds, and if they are private schools, many find their enrolment falling because of diaspora, shrinking population and budget cuts. And if you are a liberal arts college, things will get even worse because you don’t qualify for STEM rankings, a traditionally science domain where the big money (read Pharma dollar) is. Many of the lower ranked universities in the UK for instance are now exporting their programmes overseas to places like SG where english is a first language but pose a low entry barrier to foreign students from China, Asean countries and India. Many PRCs have sent their kids to Sinkielan as a stepping stone, to learn english before spring boarding to Europe and trump land. The UK colleges had tried to do the same in HK but failed. Aussies tried doing the same in SG but also failed. Now all going en masse to Vietnam and Malaysia