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Anonymous wrote:The national sentiment on this is moving with trump not against him.

As more US citizens realize what the international student numbers look like, expect any domestic opposition to this to fall away.

International students account for about 5% of total college students in the US. This doesn’t seem so high. I realise they are not evenly spread across colleges and their numbers are much higher at some of the most elite universities. Is that actually the issue? Would people be okay if 5% of students at each college were international?

By way of comparison, international students account for 21% of all students in Canada, 25% in the UK and 31% in Australia. Of course, the big advantage in those three countries is that they massively cross subsidise domestic students.

Anonymous wrote:The national sentiment on this is moving with trump not against him.

As more US citizens realize what the international student numbers look like, expect any domestic opposition to this to fall away.

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Anonymous wrote:All of these elite schools should have doubled enrollment years ago. The extreme selectivity is a turnoff, and is no longer helpful to their brands.

The small enrollment is part of its prestige. If Harvard had a 50% acceptance rate in this modern time would it be Harvard? That appeal would be gone for many who go to these schools FOR the eliteness. Harvard has a great international relations/poli sci/government program but so does GWU and Gettysburg. People aren’t clamoring to these schools in droves like Harvard. I don’t agree with the enrollment size but I understand it.