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Kedao Wang, of Shanghai, is a senior at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. New figures out Monday show international enrollment at U.S. colleges and universities grew by nearly 6 percent last year, driven by a 23-percent increase in students from China. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Volunteer Jamie d'Amico, 25, of Fort Lee, helps sort through donations at Hoboken High School in Hoboken, N.J., on Nov. 4, 2012, as surrounding neighborhoods remain without power due to damage caused by Superstorm Sandy. (Associated Press)
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Nakijah Pace, 9, and other Savoy Elementary School students get their makeup done before performing in a flash mob dance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in front of the National Portrait Gallery as a way to teach music theory, movement and the impact of the song on the music industry and the "cultural fabric of our society," Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 8, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Congressman Roscoe Bartlett gets his "Bartlett for Congress" sticker put on him by his chief of staff outside of Grantsville Elementary School in Grantsville, Md. on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Bartlett, who is in a tight race against Democrat John Delaney, is visiting every county in his district on Election Day. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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While one man waits for an election official to bring him to an available voting machine, other Marylanders cast their ballots at Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, Md. on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Ginger Sejismundo (left), 5, and Isabella Merino, 8, both students at St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic School in Silver Spring, Md., carry a big bag of candy out of their church to a passenger van that will take donated items to St. Benedict Church in Holmdel, N.J., for victims of Superstorm Sandy. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Nina Thomas (left), 5, Sara Thomas (center), 7, and Julia Luksic, 5, all students at the St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church school in Silver Spring, Md., carry trash bags out to the passenger van that is headed to New Jersey to bring supplies to victims of Superstorm Sandy on Nov. 9, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Kechelle Settle, 8, center, and fellow Savoy Elementary School students perform a flash mob dance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in front of the National Portrait Gallery as a way to teach music theory, movement and the impact of the song on the music industry and the "cultural fabric of our society," Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 8, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Nakijah Pace, 9, left, and other Savoy Elementary School students get their makeup done before performing a flash mob dance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in front of the National Portrait Gallery as a way to teach music theory, movement and the impact of the song on the music industry and the "cultural fabric of our society," Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 8, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Nakijah Pace, 9, and other Savoy Elementary School students get their makeup done before performing in a flash mob dance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in front of the National Portrait Gallery as a way to teach music theory, movement and the impact of the song on the music industry and the "cultural fabric of our society," Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 8, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Savoy Elementary School students Hope Brown, 7, second from left, and Deshean Dean, 9, center, get their makeup done by Rechelle Rice, left, and Otisi Okiyi Jr., right, both part time art program assistants before students perform a flash mob dance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in front of the National Portrait Gallery as a way to teach music theory, movement and the impact of the song on the music industry and the "cultural fabric of our society," Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 8, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Savoy Elementary School students practice their flash mob dance routine to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in their classroom before heading to the National Portrait Gallery to perform in public as a way to teach music theory, movement and the impact of the song on the music industry and the "cultural fabric of our society," Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 8, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Jionni Anderson, 8, bottom right, and other Savoy Elementary School students practice their flash mob dance routine to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in their classroom before heading to the National Portrait Gallery to perform in public as a way to teach music theory, movement and the impact of the song on the music industry and the "cultural fabric of our society," Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 8, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Savoy Elementary School students arrive in the Chinatown Metro and make their way to the National Portrait Gallery to perform a flash mob dance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" as a way to teach music theory, movement and the impact of the song on the music industry and the "cultural fabric of our society," Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 8, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Savoy Elementary School students make their way to the National Portrait Gallery in character to perform a flash mob dance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" as a way to teach music theory, movement and the impact of the song on the music industry and the "cultural fabric of our society," Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 8, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Kechelle Settle [cq], 8, second from right, leads her fellow Savoy Elementary School students in a flash mob performance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in front of the National Portrait Gallery as a way to teach music theory, movement and the impact of the song on the music industry and the "cultural fabric of our society," Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 8, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Savoy Elementary School students lay on the ground to begin their flash mob dance performance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in front of the National Portrait Gallery as a way to teach music theory, movement and the impact of the song on the music industry and the "cultural fabric of our society," Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 8, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Savoy Elementary School students perform a flash mob dance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in front of the National Portrait Gallery as a way to teach music theory, movement and the impact of the song on the music industry and the "cultural fabric of our society," Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 8, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
