US remains foreign students' favourite study destination . - According to the 2007 Open Doors Survey: Report on International Educational Exchange, published by the US Boston College - Centre for International Higher Education in its journal (issue N0.50, Winter 2008), more than 2.7 million students were pursuing transnational higher education-a 47 percent increase over the 2000 figure of 1.7 million students. A concurrent increase has occurred in the number of students seeking an international education in non-traditional destinations in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Despite these developments, the United States continues to be the top host country for students seeking higher education abroad. In 2006, the United States attracted 30 percent of internationally mobile students among the leading eight host countries (Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom). The 2007 survey reported 582,984 international students studying in the United States during the 2006/07 academic year - a 3 percent increase over the previous year and the first significant increase in total international student enrolment since 2001/02. Asia remains the largest sending region, accounting for 59 percent of total US international enrolments. The number of students from Asia increased by 5 percent this year, driven by increases from the top two sending places: India (10% increase) and China (8% increase). We also saw a 25 percent increase in the number of students from the Middle East, largely due to the 129 percent increase in student numbers from Saudi Arabia. Enrolments from Latin America remained steady, with Mexico sending the most students from the region. Kenya was the only African country in the top 20 places of origin this year. The number of international students from Europe and Oceania declined, respectively and are the only two world regions where the number of US students studying abroad in the region exceeds the number of students from the region studying in the United States. (I.L./transl.rh)