Coping with the flight of foreign students
Ira Porter
Education Writer
I cover higher education, and I was still surprised to learn the scope of international students鈥� contributions to U.S. colleges鈥� and universities鈥� bottom lines. Some foreign students are leaving these schools, as I report today, and that鈥檚 creating a real shortfall.
The University of New Haven in Connecticut has lost 3,000 international graduate students over the past two years, mostly from STEM programs. President Jens Frederiksen told me that their absence amounts to 17% of the school鈥檚 budget.
Schools affix blame in different ways. Even as they hope for signs of a rebound, most agree: A trickle-back won鈥檛 be enough. And offsets will only get harder to find.
