Higher ed institutions reported a 17% drop in new international enrollees this year.
International student enrollment rates at American colleges and universities fell sharply this year, driven by visa application issues as prospective students are caught up in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
“The U.S. is no longer the central place that students aspire to come to,” said Fanta Aw, CEO of NAFSA: Association of International Educators, a nonprofit group. Aw attributed the decline to difficulties in obtaining a U.S. visa, saying the issues have made the U.S. “less competitive” on the global stage.
According to the IIE report, 96% of higher education institutions cited visa application concerns as an obstacle for enrollment.
Who’s gonna skew the bell curve now?
For some context, international students bring in an estimated 45 billion dollars each year to the US economy. And the financial lose is only one aspect of this effect, it’s sure to have domino effect on our workforce and competitiveness internationally.
Yet another way to undermine the power of the US. I wonder why that is
If this keeps going, the US will be saying goodbye to their high tech and research industries in a few years…
I’m sure all the coal mining, oil & gas drilling, AI hyping and healthcare denying industries will make up for it and make America great.
People should know that half of oncologists in the US are not born here. In case you and your family happen to be not immune to cancer, the second leading cause of death after heart disease.
