One report on international-student trends concludes that American colleges have been “hard hit” by declining interest from the Middle East, while another expresses “cautious optimism” that the number of overseas students accepting offers of admission to American institutions could be above projections. A third shares the concerns of graduate-school deans, half of whom say they are seeing “substantial” falloffs in foreign enrollments.
All three reports were released in the last day and a half.
Since its initial rollout, in January, educators have been deeply concerned that President Trump’s travel ban could depress enrollments from abroad, and have been hungry for information that could provide insight into its effects. The recent data dump, however, might rightly leave their heads spinning.
Read more at The Chronicle of Higher Education: https://www.chronicle.com/article/Assessing-the-Travel-Ban-What/240548
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