A sampling of articles discussing international student enrollment in the United States and the economic harms caused by recent federal government policies.
- Laura Spitalniak, The State of International Enrollment in 6 Charts, HigherEd Dive, June 8, 2026.
- Laura Collins and Elizabeth Kennedy Trudeau, We Must Stop the Decline in International Enrollment, Las Vegas Sun, June 7, 2026.
- Ira Porter, As International Graduate Student Enrollment Falls, US Schools Scramble to Fill the Hole, The Christian Science Monitor, May 19, 2026.
- Aarush Ahuja, OPT Crackdown 2026: What ICE’s 10,000-Student Investigation Means for F-1 and STEM OPT Workers, Ellis, May 14, 2026.
- Miranda Jeyaretnam, As U.S. Enrolls Fewer International Students, Universities in Asia Are Going the Other Direction, Time, May 12, 2026.
- EAB, Federal Policy Status Index for Higher Ed (updated April 2026)
- Karin Fischer, The Obscure Rule Change That Could Drive More Foreign Students Away, The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 12, 2026.
- New Data Showing Steeper Declines in International Student Enrollment, Georgetown University – The Feed, March 20, 2026.
- Daniel McLean, International Enrollment is Under Pressure. How Can Colleges Respond?, HigherEd Dive, February 17, 2026.
- Diana Roy, International Students Are Critical for U.S. Innovation. Why Are They at Risk?, Council on Foreign Relations, December 10, 2025.
- Bjorn Markeson & Chandler West, The Economic Ripple Effects of Declining International Student Enrollment, Implan Blog, November 25, 2025.
- Samantha Fields, Falling International Student Enrollment Could Have “Tremendous” Economic Implications, Marketplace, November 20, 2025.
- Mark Sklarow, The Collapse in International Student Enrollment—and Its Looming Threat to U.S. Education and the Economy, Sklarow Substack, August 25, 2025.
- Erica L. Stewart, U.S. Economy Could Suffer a $7 Billion Loss from Precipitous Drop in International Students, NAFSA.org, July 29, 2025.
- Ben Unglesbee, Moody’s: Trump’s Tough International Student Policies Could Hit Some Colleges Hard, HigherEd Dive, July 11, 2025.
- Dick Startz, Who Loses if US Colleges Lose International Students?, Brookings, July 28, 2025.
- Fernando M. Reimers, Trump’s Crackdown on International Students is Misguided and Dangerous, Times Higher Education, May 28, 2025.
- International Students Drive Innovation: Student Visa Cancellations Are Creating Chaos & Uncertainty, Fwd.US, May 23, 2025.
- ‘Disastrous’ Implications of Fewer International Students in the U.S., Georgetown University – The Feed, May 9, 2025.
- Jeffrey R. Young, International Students are Rethinking Coming to the U.S., that’s a Problem for Colleges, The Hechinger Report, May 1, 2025.
- Giovanni Peri et al., The Devastating Economic Consequences of Pushing Foreign Students out of the Country, Policy Brief, July 2020.
- NAFSA, Losing Talent: An Economic and Foreign Policy Risk America Can’t Ignore, NAFSA.org, March 2020.
