Tjhie, however, plans to stay. It would be silly for me to go. Meanwhile, as president of the Indonesian student group, he persuaded school officials to extend the tuition deadline by one month. In fact, many schools are working with Asian students to bridge the gap. Harvard College in Cambridge, Mass., extended the tuition deadline until spring.
Schools see the effort to help Asian students as worthwhile - culturally and financially.
They help remind Americans that we're not the center of the universe - plus they bring in a few bucks. He has seen the Korean student population drop from 248 to 214 in the past two months - a trend that worries him. Sacrificing for 'the pearl' Many Asians, for their part, see an American education as a pearl of great price - and they're apparently willing to sacrifice to have it. For the good of the family, it would be very difficult not to send a student. Meanwhile, at Duke University's Divinity School in Durham, N.C., Jong Ho Kim has forsworn buying CDs and has taken a clerical job at the school to protect his education.