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1. There is no Question that the academic enterprise has become increasingly global, particularly in the sciences. _
A. Half of the world's top physicists no longer work in their native countries.
B. Nearly three million students now study outside their home countries-a 57% increase in the last decade.
C. Tsinghua and Peking universities together recently surpassed Berkeley as the top sources of students who go on to earn American PhDs.
D. Foreign students now dominate many US doctoral programs, accounting for 64% of PhDs in computer science, for example.
E. Faculty are on the move, too.

2. And major institutions such as New York University and the University of Nottingham are creating branch campuses in the Middle East and Asia.

A.	ABCDE	B.	AEBDC
C.	BDCEA	D.	BEADC
E.	DCEAB

Answer and Explanation

Answer:BDCEA

Explanation:
The contest is between options 2 and 3, after comparing the other options and to lesser extent 5 also can be considered. What eliminates option 2 in favour of 3 is the combination EB-the mention of f 'Faculty are on the move too" makes much better sense after it is mentioned that students are on the move as globalization is more related to student movement than faculty movement. Option 5 is eliminated because B immediately before the footer.

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