The US economy is losing billions of dollars because foreign students aren't enrolling

[IronLionZion]

https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/19/business/international-students-decline/index.html

New York (CNN Business)Fewer international students are coming to the United States. That's hurting American universities and the economy.

The continued decline in international student enrollment since the fall of 2016 has cost the US economy $11.8 billion and more than 65,000 jobs, according to estimates from NAFSA: Association of International Educators, an international association of professional educators.

"There's many variables, but largely it's been the policies and rhetoric from the current administration that's really driven the numbers to move in that direction," said Rachel Banks, director of public policy at NAFSA.
There's a perception among international students that getting a visa for the United States is more difficult, and they increasingly feel unsafe in America, NAFSA survey data show.

"It's not only the anti-immigrant rhetoric being expressed by this administration, there's also increasing concern with regard to gun violence in this country," said Banks. "There's been a number of shootings and that gets reported worldwide, and parents certainly take all of this into account when they are thinking about where they want to send their children to study."

New international student enrollments declined by 0.9% during the 2018-2019 academic year, following a 6.6% decline in new enrollments in the year prior, according to the most recent US Department of State Open Doors report. This marks the first time the United States has seen a three-year decline.

As the article states, international students mostly pay full tuition. So many state universities are missing revenue since in-state students pay lower tuition. And international students would feel it's not worth getting an American degree if they are not going to get a work visa to get a job after graduation, or have to face the general hostility of "you damn foreigners are stealing our jobs".

I've personally heard from several international coworkers about a concern for gun violence and racial hostility in the US, and how many of their countrypeople are applying to Canada and Australia and other friendlier countries.

[roamer65]

1. Tired of all that winning yet?

[handmade34]

2. an important read...

consequences of really ignorant policies

[dalton99a]

3. Why pay big money to go where you are not wanted

Foreign students are discovering there are better options - and they ain't coming back as long as Trump is in office

[NewJeffCT]

5. and, the Trump administration explanation is complete BS

international enrollment is not declining because of the cost - a lot of those students from China (and Japan and Korea) are from upper middle class and wealthy families who pay cash and don't apply for any financial aid, which is why US colleges love them. They have the money to go to other schools (University of Toronto is a gigantic university and other college in Canada, not to mention schools in Australia and Europe) if they don't feel welcome in the US or the UK (UK is supposedly having problem as well due to Brexit uncertainty)

[Thomas Hurt]

4. The ignorant are easier to control and dominate.

The right would love nothing more than to recreate a new and more widespread serf class. Get rid of the middle class.

Push out the foreigners, denigrate and attack higher public education. Diminish local public education more than it already is.

Return to private christian schools for the neo-nobility.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. But college is only for rich Americans

[IronLionZion]

7. College makes you soft

real Americans work in coal mining and steel manufacturing.