Prompt
Compared to the past, more people are now studying abroad because it is more convenient and cheaper than before. Do you think this is beneficial to the foreign student's home country? Will this trend change much in the future?
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Band 7 → 9 — Band 7 discusses costs to home country (lost talent) and benefits (returnees, global connections); Band 9 shows that impact is non-linear (brain drain at first, brain gain upon return if conditions improve) and that it perpetuates global inequality unless home countries invest in competitive higher education.
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