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  _ ‘ "’¤N\UpOL W ‘_     .J_<·_, za,   · g the state of Kentucky in 1998-1999. Those students brought
  Q &.       I ;  "‘ I .   $85 m1·ll10¤ F0 the states economy in the form of such things _
a_¤,> A \\_\_` § _ i   ,, ». _ jr.;]     as paying tuition, eating, and buying cars. UK was able to
,,,_ ·’ l L‘ T ~   i   . _     eg? deduce that 1,500 international students here spent approxi-
*‘i/      e ht" '_  . ``il  ° ·T      mately $52 million in Lexington.
··       I- ,` “ [_   T  ‘l         ".»’   Boyd credits Goal 17 of the UK Strategic Plan for helping
‘ i__ 3   in             to place an emphasis on soliciting international students to
@__   . ’;;fg" gage _ .[ i¢ e e»  1        come to UK’s campus. "We have a fairly large percentage of
  ~   •· Q e     ` », Il   . - <     i i, international students vis—a—vis our benChmarl