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| Title | Visa Woes, Politics, and Fears of Violence Are Keeping International Students Away, Report Warns |
| Body | From https://www.chronicle.com/article/Visa-Woes-PoliticsFears/246398 Visa Woes, Politics, and Fears of Violence Are Keeping International Students Away, Report Warns An international-education group is warning that “harmful policies and anti-immigrant rhetoric” are keeping international students from enrolling at American colleges, hurting the economy. “Prospective international students and their families are concerned about U.S. federal policies and rhetoric on immigration, along with apprehensions of personal safety and tense race relations,” says the report, released on Wednesday by Nafsa: Association of International Educators. The top reason colleges have cited for declining international-student enrollment is the visa-application process, including delays and denials, according to survey data cited by Nafsa and originally released in November by the Institute of International Education. Eighty-three percent of institutions reported it was a deterrent, a 49-percentage-point increase from 2016, when 34 percent of colleges reported such problems. Read the full article at https://www.chronicle.com/article/Visa-Woes-PoliticsFears/246398 |
| Source | Chronicle of Higher Education |
| Inputdate | 2019-06-09 21:23:45 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2019-06-10 04:23:23 |
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| Publishdate | 2019-06-10 02:15:01 |
| Displaydate | 2019-06-10 00:00:00 |
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