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Recent surveys do appear to support a slowdown in international graduate school enrollments ([1] summary, [2] original study). Furthermore, this trend predates
by anxrn 9y ago
Recent surveys do appear to support a slowdown in international graduate school enrollments ([1] summary, [2] original study).
Furthermore, this trend predates the immigration policies of the current administration, and I suspect this trend has further strengthened.
[1] https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/09/28/graduate-school-enrollment-grows-again-slower-rate https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/09/28/graduate-scho...
[2] http://cgsnet.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/CGS_GED16_Report_Final.pdf http://cgsnet.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/CGS_GED16_Report_...
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoBoth of those state there is a slowdown in enrollment percentage (and only .9% at that), not absolute numbers. There are still more international graduate students in 2017 than in any previous year.
- anxrn 9y agoThis might be semantics, but a slowdown means exactly that: a drop in growth rate.