WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Chinese students are flocking to U.S. colleges and universities, helping to drive the number of international students studying in America to record levels.

Similarly, all-time high numbers of American students are studying abroad, although there are far fewer and they tend to do much shorter stints than students coming to the United States.

Recommended Stories

D.C. Universities near the top for students studying abroad

The anti-Americanism of globalized universities

Close one loophole to end the foreign takeover of higher education