Kurt Carapazza

The survey of 800 colleges shows the number of international students enrolling at U.S.

colleges for the first time is down 17 percent.

Professor Gerardo Blanco directs Boston College's Center for International Higher Education.

He attributes that decline to a shift in policy and tone coming from the White House.

The loss is a major blow to schools that depend on international students to offset declining domestic enrollment and dwindling tuition dollars.

For NPR News, I'm Kurt Carapazza in Boston.

The survey of 800 colleges shows the number of international students enrolling at U.S.

colleges for the first time is down 17 percent.

Professor Gerardo Blanco directs Boston College's Center for International Higher Education.

He attributes that decline to a shift in policy and tone coming from the White House.

The loss is a major blow to schools that depend on international students to offset declining domestic enrollment and dwindling tuition dollars.

For NPR News, I'm Kurt Carapazza in Boston.

In my career over 23 years, I saw us go from one sheet of paper front and back to multiple forums online. And I think the more information we have about people that we let into the country, the better.

In my career over 23 years, I saw us go from one sheet of paper front and back to multiple forums online. And I think the more information we have about people that we let into the country, the better.

For those of us who are still here, it feels a little bit like Thanos snapped his finger and a lot of your friends and colleagues went away. But fortunately, they didn't turn into dust. They just retired. But this is going to have an impact.

For those of us who are still here, it feels a little bit like Thanos snapped his finger and a lot of your friends and colleagues went away. But fortunately, they didn't turn into dust. They just retired. But this is going to have an impact.