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India leapfrogs China in new graduate enrollments

By Karin Fischer | Latitudes for The Chronicle of Higher Education

Indian student deferrals likely inflated enrollment totals from that country, although the council did not specifically ask colleges about the share of students who had deferred among first-time enrollments, said Enyu Zhou, a senior analyst at the council. In essence, “Indian students from two consecutive application years were matriculating at the same time,” she said.