Scotland's large public-sector workforce, restive after years of privatisation and spending stringencies, is much keener on devolution than it was when the issue was last put to a referendum in 1979.

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The same Institute study show a record-high enrollment in the U.S. from abroad, up 6% in the latest year. (Growth had dropped off in the aftermath of the 2008-9 financial crisis, as it did after the 2001 terrorist attack and visa stringencies.) The Chinese component rose 23% among graduate students and 31% for undergrads.

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