Tens of thousands of US university jobs at risk as Chinese students — and their money — stay home
Inside China Business | September 3, 2026
American colleges and universities are seeing another double-digit collapse in foreign enrollments. Chinese students increasingly are opting to study in domestic universities, which are climbing in global rankings, cost little, and afford better career opportunities after graduation. The steep declines are devastating to university budgets. Tuition and fees collected by larger universities are lower by hundreds of millions of dollars annually, while smaller colleges are struggling to survive. Closing scene, Hongen Pavilion, Chongqing
Resources and links: America’s lost Chinese students are staying home instead https://asiatimes.com/2026/08/america…
New Research: Loss of 111,000 International Students Could Cost U.S. Economy $3.4 Billion https://www.nafsa.org/fall2026outlook
Why Americans should care when international students stop coming https://www.luminafoundation.org/news…
International Students Contributed $43 Billion to the U.S. Economy in 2024-2025; Fall 2025 Spending Down by $1.1 Billion https://www.nafsa.org/about/about-naf…
International student enrollment falls amid tighter U.S. visa policies, reports show https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/21/inter…
How New Visa Limits Are Already Affecting Colleges https://www.insidehighered.com/news/g…
Once globally preeminent, U.S. universities are sliding into decline https://hechingerreport.org/once-glob…
Research on Education Services https://www.trade.gov/research-educat…
University of Maryland, College Park, Estimated Cost of Attendance https://marylandglobal.umd.edu/global… Tuition & Costs https://www.admissions.illinois.edu/t…
US Colleges Report 20% Drop in Foreign Students Over Visa Clampdown https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl…
As U.S. Enrolls Fewer International Students, Universities in Asia Are Going the Other Direction https://time.com/article/2026/05/12/u…
OPT growth pushed USA to record high of international enrolment in 2024//25, but drop in new students this year https://studytravel.network/magazine/…
More than a quarter of private colleges are at risk of closing, new projection shows https://hechingerreport.org/more-than…
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The documentary Silencing Detective Grus, produced by the Grus Justice Project with Matador Films, concerns Detective Helen Grus of the Ottawa Police Service. Her case became the longest and most costly police disciplinary proceeding in Canadian history. The question at its center was whether a police officer is permitted to investigate a possible link between the COVID-19 injections and a cluster of infant deaths. The tribunal’s answer, delivered March 25, 2025, was no. … continue
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