At the same time, growing numbers of traditional source countries for students, from South Korea to Saudi Arabia, are trying to improve both the quantity and quality of their own degrees, engaging in a fierce – and expensive – race to recruit students and create world-class research universities of their own.
而与此同时，韩国和沙特阿拉伯这样的传统留学生输出国都正努力增加和提高本国学术学位的数量和质量，奋力投身于一场激烈（且极为昂贵）的招募学生以及建设自身国际级科研大学的竞争当中。