Politics spur universities to focus on foreign students

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - President Donald Trump’s immigration policies and controversial travel bans have sent a chill through Oregon’s cash-strapped public universities, which rely more than ever on lucrative tuition from international students.
Since Trump took office, applications from international students have dropped by double-digit percentages at Portland State University alone.
The stakes are high.

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If the collective international undergraduate population at Oregon’s Big Three were pooled into a separate school, it would be the fourth largest university in the state, at more than 6,200 students. At each of the mega universities, foreign students pay more than two-and-a-half times the in-state tuition rate, making them a desirable population that has grown over the past decade.
University leaders are finding ways to fight back. Administrators and admissions staff are now forced to be proactively compassionate, reassuring international and undocumented students brought to the U.S. as children that they will...

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Politics spur universities to focus on foreign students

Politics spur universities to focus on foreign students

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