But I believe the other driver of that student interest is the number of study-abroad possibilities in countries that our students never would have gone to before. Our students are studying all over Asia now. They're in eastern European countries that weren't open to us 10 years ago. They're studying interesting languages and really pushing themselves. We have the International Business Certificate now, where students learn a country's language and then go to that country to study its economy and business structure.
Engineering has a focus on international projects and tours of other countries.
It's been a convergence of the globalization of the world and the realization that so many companies highly prize graduates with international experience as employees. Almost any subject you can think of can be studied in other countries. The University of Iowa Foundation has a number of funds available to help students with international experiences. When you think about it, a student studying abroad is not paying for room and board here, so if you can pay for travel, there isn't much difference between what the student would spend here and what is paid for study abroad. Parents aren't paying double when their student studies in another country.