Thanks to several factors, including new VISA restrictions, the amount of foreign college students attending U.S. schools will be 110,000 less than last year. Colleges will have to rely more on Americans to sell enrollment than foreigners, which might incentivize them to drop their anti-American ideologies.
Projected 111,000 drop in foreign students doesn’t tell full story, immigration expert says– www.thecollegefix.com
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International student enrollment is projected to drop by nearly 111,000 students this fall, which could cost the U.S. economy $3.4 billion and nearly 40,000 jobs, according to NAFSA: Association of International Educators.
“This downturn reflects the convergence of several headwinds: declining application volumes, persistent visa appointment bottlenecks, and newly restrictive immigration policy changes,” the NAFSA report states.
NAFSA is a lobbying group for international education and university exchange programs. The group’s projections might miss crucial context, some say.
A spokesperson from the Center for Immigration Studies told The College Fix that declines in international enrollment are not necessarily a bad thing.
“When the government begins enforcing the rules of an immigration program, people who were planning to misuse that program have less incentive to come,” Marguerite Telford said.