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Since the end of World War II there has been sustained growth in the number of foreigners undertaking graduate work at universities in the U.S. For the last ten years the rate of increase has averaged 11 per cent per year, considerably higher than the average 7 per cent rate of growth in total graduate enrollment. It is harder to interpret and compare credentials of foreign applicants; to find adequate financing for foreign students who are frequently unable to draw upon personal funds because of currency regulations, and whose employment opportunities in the United States are restricted by law; to design courses with content and level appropriate for students of diverse backgrounds. While the number of graduate students in economics from all areas of the world has risen in recent years, the most rapid growth has been in students from Africa and Latin America. Some students from abroad never go back to their homelands. It has been estimated that in total about 10 per cent of all foreign students remain in the United States, but no more than 7 per cent of the Chinese students from Taiwan, Hong Kong and other South East Asian countries ever return to that area of the world.