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The University of Illinois's Gies College of Business and its Grainger College of Engineering took out an insurance policy two years ago to protect the schools from a possible drop in revenue from Chinese students. Like many colleges and universities, the University of Illinois has grown increasingly dependent on the more than , Chinese students who study in the U. Two years ago, the business and engineering colleges purchased an insurance policy that would make up losses from a decline in Chinese students. It's unclear whether there will be a payout this year or next. But the policy — believed to be the only one of its kind — shows just how important Chinese students have become to the American education system, and how it could suffer if the trade war drags on.

First trade, then technology — now talent. Several Chinese graduate students and academics told Bloomberg News in recent weeks that they found the U. More recently, China has sought to play down the program as U. The U. Still, growth has slowed amid the trade tensions, with the number of students rising 3.

Please refresh the page and retry. C hinese students are two years ahead of their white British peers by the time they finish their GCSEs, an analysis of official data shows. Chinese pupils, who make up 0. Meanwhile, black Caribbean students lag 2. Progress has slumped for the first time since and, if the recent five-year trend continues, the research concludes it will take more than years for the gap to close.

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