International students to U.S. rebound only 4% after COVID-hit year

PALO ALTO, U.S. -- Students from overseas are slowly returning to America, with their numbers inching up 4% on the year this autumn after plunging by double digits in the pandemic-hit 2020-21 school year.

The new finding, released by the New York-based Institute of International Education, comes from a snapshot survey of 860-plus U.S. institutions of higher education.