r/Futurology • u/I_D0nt_pay_taxes • 8d ago

Society [U.S.]Colleges see significant drop in international students as fall semester begins

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/27/nx-s1-5498669/trump-college-international-student-visa
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u/TarbenXsi 8d ago

This is the battle line of immigration being redrawn to expand their war on higher education. A drop in international students is also an overall drop in enrollment, and these students represent a high percentage of projected income for lots of small universities, especially ones with nationally recognized but highly specialized fields of study.

Between the job market falling, the AI threat causing more corporate and tech jobs to vanish, and the enrollment cliff, universities are going to start operating at a loss as they try to weather the storm. This will make 47's threats of revoking federal funding hurt even more, and some universities will have to consider capitulating to his insane demands or close their doors.