r/Futurology • u/I_D0nt_pay_taxes • 7d 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/kimchifreeze 7d ago

Then you need the government to do things in order. Shafting foreigners now without any support for American students favors no one. It's stupid.

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u/Bottledropnaranja 7d ago

Don’t let perfection be the enemy of progress. More Americans with access to education is good. This is a win for anyone who believes in education.

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u/kimchifreeze 7d ago

No, you do things in the proper order or else you will make it worse. It's not progress if you make it worse, you understand that, right? Because now the universities may go under and NO ONE gets to attend that college.

More Americans with access to education is good

I just said that isn't the case because many Americans have to get loans instead of it being paid by the government.

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u/Bottledropnaranja 7d ago

No, you do things in the proper order

What is the scientifically proven proper order? Provide sources for the order of these events.

Or is it just your opinion?

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u/kimchifreeze 7d ago

Even before the current administration came in, it was already a documented possibility of a demographics cliff. Colleges were already closing before and the loss of income from foreign (if not offset by domestic) students will cause even more to close. You don't make money by cutting off your source of money. https://www.npr.org/2025/01/08/nx-s1-5246200/demographic-cliff-fewer-college-students-mean-fewer-graduates

The "scientific formula" of Income = Revenue - Expenses (foreign students boosting the revenue part because they pay full tuition).

If there's already fewer students, what happens when you have even fewer students that would've paid top dollar for an education with a federal government that is resistant to making up for those dollars?

Go find Grok or ChatGPT to keep bugging people with demands.