A general observation: someone who studies far from home can end up lonely and dependent on a strange system, while the familiar local option might be simpler. I just feel the distance and cost make it risky. Maybe my opponent sees benefits, but I am not convinced.

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Sure, some people benefit from studying abroad. But my opponent just says it's good, and that's a slogan, not evidence. The real question is whether it beats the local option for the same student, and the honest answer is: it depends. What I'd want is direct observation: graduation rates, debt, language progress, and whether people actually learn more than they would at home. A lot of the benefit people credit to distance is really just a decent program and motivated students. If a cheaper local program gets the same result, the abroad part isn't automatically good.