Even with a fresh victory on behalf of international students, U.S. universities fear they're losing a broader fight over the nation's reputation as a place that embraces and fosters the world's best scholars.
University leaders see it as a steady erosion. They say the Trump administration's repeated attempts to curb immigration have sent students a message that they aren't welcome in the United States. Colleges say foreign students are listening: Since President Donald Trump was elected in 2016, the number of new international students coming to the U.S. has fallen by 10 per cent after years of growth.
More than 200 colleges signed legal briefs supporting a federal lawsuit by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Seven other suits followed as colleges and states challenged the guidance. Called to court to defend the guidance, federal officials revoked it instead. "All those great scholars, wherever they are, India, China, Europe, may now elect to go elsewhere or simply to stay home," he said. "We will see its effect four, five years from now. It's not falling off a cliff, but over time you have this creep down the slope toward mediocrity."
Daniel Diermeier, chancellor of Vanderbilt University, said it isn't too late to repair the damage. America's higher education system is still viewed as the best in the world, he said, but that could change .
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