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Pop Contest: How do you plan the university budget when you do not know whether your international students – who pay full tuition fees and secure your money – will be allowed in the country? For the colleges, it is a test that fails in which the Trump administration policies agree from the campaign to cooperation and return again.

The volatility reflects the broader tensions of America’s relationship with international education. While the administration used the restrictions of joining the leverage in university settlements, forcing Colombia to commit to reducing its “financial dependence” on international students, economists warn that the number of foreign students may cost billions of dollars in revenues and tens of thousands of jobs. International students contribute Almost $ 44 billion annually for the US economy And the Chinese citizens alone Nearly 277,000 students worldwideThe policy of birth not only threatens individual institutions, but also aims at the position of America as a global educational destination.

The numbers tell a blatant story that will remove anyone who is interested in the American competitiveness. NAFSA, International Teachers Association and the leading advocacy group for international education, 150,000 projects fewer international students this fallIt is possible that 60,000 jobs are granted in higher education. Universities already feel pressure: face USC A budget gap of $ 200 million It is likely that you will take a large tour of the demobilization of the workers, while Utah University is moving to reduce 81 academic programs.

The confusion reached its peak in June when Foreign Minister Marco Rubio He pledged to “cancel strongly” Chinese student visas, just to announce Trump two weeks after the Chinese students were “Always good with me!As part of a commercial deal.

The administration’s approach was scattered but uncompromising punishment. In this spring, officials have sought to deport international students to participate in pro -Palestinians and suddenly cancel the legal status of thousands of thousands of others, some of which are due to minor violations such as traffic tickets. After the opposite of the path, the administration froze the appointments of Vica student and began examining the social media accounts of the applicants.

Meanwhile, Trump’s travel ban has affected Students from 12 countriesWith restrictions on seven others. NAFSA refers to reports that indicate that there are no dates to review the visa for potential students in India, China, Nigeria and Japan – the countries that send hundreds of thousands of students to American universities.

On Thursday, Trump added another layer of bureaucratic intimidation by assigning this Universities deliver racist admission data To prove that they do not do positive work. It is the latest tool in the administrative play book, which is weapons from everything from federal funding to high education caps.

It is considered Columbia settlementWhich was reached after the administration was blocked more than $ 400 million in federal research funds. In addition to demanding the university to pay $ 221 million in penalties, the agreement includes an unusual issuance Colombia to “reduce financial dependence on joining international students”, “ A measure that challenges the basic economy given that international students usually pay higher lessons than local students.

While American universities are scrambling to satisfy the administration that appears to be designed on their knees, competitors around the world celebrate it. University requests in the United Kingdom from China 10 percent jumped this yearWhile students ’applications in the United States to British programs amounted to the highest level in 20 years of 14 percent. Hong Kong Universities Report Hundreds of transportation inquiries are already students in America.

As the number of Americans of the age of the college decreases, the administration encourages students who can fill empty seats and pay full shipping. Without immigrants and international students, the university population will Nearly 5 million students were reduced by 2037.

International students are not only agents – they are the future workforce that America needs desperately. In American universities, 71 % of graduate students full time in computer science and information And 73 % in electrical engineering and computer engineering are international students. a fourth A billion dollar startups in the United States You have a founder for the first time to America as an international student. Trump has also repeatedly declares his intention to win the global artificial intelligence race and maintain the technological advantage of America, his administration systematically leads the talent pipeline that makes such hegemony possible.

With Trump officials investigating more than 50 universities and promising the Colombia Agreement It will serve as a “model” for future settlementsThe administration appears to be determined to use each available tool, from visa removal to data mandate to finance threats, to reshape American higher education. Universities are left as they play an impossible guess game, trying to budget for a future as the rules change faster than they can plan and where their most talented students may decide simply that America does not deserve risk.