Georgia ranked No. 12 in the country for enrolling a high number of foreign college students, according to a report released Monday.

The state's public and private colleges enrolled 15,359 foreign students during the 2010-11 academic year, an increase of 4.4 percent from the previous year, according to the Institute of International Education.

Georgia Tech, Emory University, Georgia State, University of Georgia and Savannah College of Art and Design teach the most international students.

Read the "Open Doors" report at www.iie.org.

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A migrant farmworker harvests Vidalia onions at a farm in Collins, in 2011. A coalition of farmworkers, including one based in Georgia, filed suit last month in federal court arguing that cuts to H-2A wages will trigger a cut in the pay and standard of living of U.S. agricultural workers. (Bita Honarvar/AJC)

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