Title: US Job Program for Foreign Students Greatly Expands

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2568/job_program.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='US Job Program for Foreign Students Greatly Expands' data-article-id='3098'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='11375'>A new report says a United States government program for foreign students has been expanding in recent years.</span> <span data-start-time='11375' data-end-time='26792'>The government’s Optional Practical Training, or OPT program was set up to help foreign students graduating from American colleges and universities.</span> <span data-start-time='26792' data-end-time='36479'>It gives them a chance to stay in the country for temporary employment after they complete their studies.</span> <span data-start-time='36479' data-end-time='42979'>The report is from the Washington-based Pew Research Center.</span> <span data-start-time='42979' data-end-time='53563'>It notes that many foreign students take classes in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.</span> <span data-start-time='53563' data-end-time='60271'>These four subjects are known by a single term: STEM.</span> <span data-start-time='60271' data-end-time='77792'>The center noted that, under OPT, the number of foreign students graduating and working in STEM fields rose 400 percent between 2008 and 2016.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' 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A new report says a United States government program for foreign students has been expanding in recent years. The government’s Optional Practical Training, or OPT program was set up to help foreign students graduating from American colleges and universities. It gives them a chance to stay in the country for temporary employment after they complete their studies. The report is from the Washington-based Pew Research Center. It notes that many foreign students take classes in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. These four subjects are known by a single term: STEM. The center noted that, under OPT, the number of foreign students graduating and working in STEM fields rose 400 percent between 2008 and 2016.

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