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In reply to the discussion: My Wife's University is being Gutted [View all]NickB79
(20,412 posts)29. Forbes: Many U.S. Colleges May Close Without Immigrants And International Students, Report Finds
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2025/08/14/many-colleges-may-close-without-immigrants-and-international-students/
Her's won't be the last.
Data show a bleak picture without the foreign born. Current immigration policies, including toward international students, affect the future of U.S. higher education.
Without immigrants, international students and the children of immigrants, the undergraduate student population in America would be almost 5 million students smaller in 2037 than 2022, or about two-thirds of its current size, while the graduate student population would be at least 1.1 million students smaller, or only about 60% of its current size, according to the NFAP study.
Without immigrants, international students and the children of immigrants, the undergraduate student population in America would be almost 5 million students smaller in 2037 than 2022, or about two-thirds of its current size, while the graduate student population would be at least 1.1 million students smaller, or only about 60% of its current size, according to the NFAP study.
Her's won't be the last.
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Trump is going after the University of California, a world leader in research
Demovictory9
Aug 2025
#5
I hope the Bear bites back hard when poked. Losing the UC system would be a national tragedy.
Hekate
Aug 2025
#13
I think it will take a generation to repair, if not longer, IF we can get rid of him & his cohort
Hekate
Aug 2025
#31
Like a bag of hammers, also very useful in the wrong hands. I'm thinking of the Doge Bros.
Hekate
Aug 2025
#25
My wife and sons are all in academia. They are all worried, although my youngest son is a grad student...
NNadir
Aug 2025
#10
I believe creating an ignorant populace is a giant goal of the Mad King's backers
Hekate
Aug 2025
#15
His support comes from racism, sexism, and anti intellectualism. He scratches that itch for them.
Botany
Aug 2025
#22
Forbes: Many U.S. Colleges May Close Without Immigrants And International Students, Report Finds
NickB79
Aug 2025
#29