I SORT of agree with you, but not entirely. These types of scholarships increase diversity at college campuses, which is very important. Going to colleges with people of every background gives you a far larger view of the topics you discuss in class and you simply meet and become friends with people you never thought you would talk to, which makes you more mature and intellectual. These scholarships simply attract such students of diverse backgrounds. There are no shortage of students like you or I in most American colleges, and they have more than ample scholarship opportunities for us. While these foreign students may get full rides, they also have other expenses that you and I do not have, including the insane travel fares just to get to the school and back home at every school break (or extra money to pay for a dorm and food over breaks). Then, you add the fact that they are not even eligible for most of the scholarships Americans are eligible for, which involve filling out a FAFSA form. Furthermore, when they work on campus, they get special international taxes taken out of their paychecks (for example, my research this summer is untaxed for Americans, taxed for international students). They have a lot of issues that would curb their ability to study in American schools to keep our schools from being too homogeneous, so these programs are the only way they can even afford to come here. If they were taking money away from Americans for these programs, I might say it was wrong, but that is not the case. Most people can afford college nowadays if they wish to work for it (most, not all--I realize there are special circumstances).
