So this video discusses the fact that less people from other countries are enrolling at universities in the U.S. The commentators speculate over many things such as sentiment toward the U.S regarding the new government officials in office as well as the new foreign policies that are being put in place.
They also talk about student visas and what may is going on with that program and thus far nothing will change. However, the fact that the question was asked proves that even American are wondering if changes to policies regarding any foreign policy may be changed.
On the bright side universities and organizations are advertising to other countries that they are welcome in to U.S higher education. Many universities are sending out "you're welcome here" messages across the world to help change some of the negative sentiment for the U.S. Hoping that this will get students to enroll in U.S colleges.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2018-01-23/foreign-enrollment-drops-at-u-s-colleges-and-universities-video
8 comments:
I wonder how the future would be.It seems to me that to some extent the political side contradicts with the original intention of the state. And if there is a foreign enrollment decreasing, whether the domestic enrollment increasing?
With less international students coming to college here due to their sentiments towards the new U.S government officials I can only assume this could also discourage international countries to come to the U.S to start industries, as well as to continue or increase trade with us. This could be incredibly detrimental for our economy in the upcoming years.
As an international student getting a student/working visa before President Trump came in was already hard and now seeing a decrease in the amount of foreign enrollment in the states worries me. I am interested to see what the future holds.
I find this very interesting because I read an article on this same topic a couple of weeks ago, but the article is saying that the new U.S government officials are not to be blamed for this decline. According to the article, the US has lost international student market share and many “new” regions of the world have staked out their claim as international educational hubs.It would be very easy to blame the US president for this. However, as the article points out, long before President Trump, there were warning signs signalling the end of US dominance in international student enrollments.
I agree with Amy that this could be an issue for our economy in the future. International students don't just pay the university, but they also pay for apartments, food, and much more.
With the US getting less international students, other countries will be getting more. I wonder where these students are going instead of the states.
The US has one of the best higher education systems in the world and is pretty attractive to foreigners. However, a decline in International Students cannot be only linked to the issues of foreign policy and government stance on anti-immigration policies. An increase in higher education systems abroad and other more competitive and cheaper markets for education could also be the cause of such a decline in my opinion.
This is a serious problem that can give a lot to talk about, and there are many questions on how much are the new regulations on visas affecting the situation. But there might be another problem and is that people in other countries are not seeing the US as the place to go to school because they might not provide the best education and the fact that the government is regulating this more is not helping, and is giving other countries the opportunity to attract foreign students because even if they consider the US as the best place to receive an education, for these regulations they decide to go somewhere else and this could create a problem for the US in the future.
I agree with Rung that getting an international student visa has never been easy and with the new government it's very unpredictable to know how much stricter it'll become. Taking it one step further, it is important to note that international students preferably like to get some job experience in the U.S. before going back. This seems to be a bigger hurdle as companies are no longer as willing as they used to be to sponsor international students for work authorization. This discourages international students and although they make a small percentage of the labor force, I wonder how the labor force will change in the coming years if enrollment keeps decreasing.
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