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Why on earth should the US taxpayer pay for the post-graduate
education of foreign students ?

1- They don't. Foreign students pay out of state rates.

None of the grad students in engineering and the "hard sciences"
here at Illinois, foreign or domestic, *pay* anything at all.
They all have fellowships and subsidized "assistantships" that
actually pay *them* a small pittance.

"None" is a little too all enclusive. I've known plenty of grad
students not receiving the small pittance.

Neglecting that: The work done for Tuition waiver + small pittance
is always a net win for the university. Unless you want to be arguing
from the standpoint of university athletics net win, but
research/teaching assistantships net loss?

- Ken