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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If the president weren’t an idiot they could just make up for these shortfalls with International students.[/quote]

And exactly what changes in immigration policy that our "idiot president" is proposing or implementing affects the number of international students? [/quote]

[b]Since Trump became the nominee, the rise of white supremacists and xenophobia has led to a drop in international student enrollment at US colleges. Unfortunately, Canadian universities may start to see this as well after their elections.[/quote][/b]

Sorry t[b]he facts don't match what you would like to believe, but 2019 was a record year for international students, topping off at 1.09 million foreign students[/b].[/quote]

NP: That's the 2018 numbers (2019 aren't out yet), but there's been a slowing in the growth rate of international students  in 2015/16 the percent change was 7%, in 2016-17 it was down to 3% and in 2018-19 it was down by 1/2 again to 1.5%.  So the growth is definitely stalling, and applications are down further--with schools accepting higher balances.  So while PP was incorrect to say there was a drop--you are disingenuous to say it is a [b]"record year"[/b] when growth rates are clearly stalling--yes by the flat numbers every year is a record year, but the trend line isn't looking good.[/quote]

"Record year":  https://studyinthestates.dhs.gov/2018/11/open-doors-report-a-record-high-number-of-international-students[/quote]

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