How will Trump's win affect international students?

ucbalumnus
Wed, 16 Nov 2016 00:49:25 +0000

katliamom:

FYI: students posting here are probably too young to remember, but the world hated America during the Bush years. He sparked the largest international anti-war protests in history. Yet the number of international students applying to US schools didn’t go down.

However, the difference in how domestic policy with respect to racial/ethnic/religious minorities is perceived may have more of an effect on how willing international students (particularly those who would be seen as racial/ethnic/religious minorities) to visit and study.

katliamom:

Also, do not forget the power of lobbying. Education is big business in America. And Trump will be subjected to intense lobbying on behalf of its interests should schools have reason to worry. He’s a businessman first, and will do little to hurt big business if he can help it.

However, different sectors (public versus non-profit private versus for-profit private) may be favored or disfavored differently by policy changes.