University of Central Missouri faces financial struggles as Trump policies send international enrollment plummeting

[CaughtInThe]

Everything he touches...



“We aren’t able to subsidize domestic students as much when we have fewer international students who are bringing revenue to us,” said Roger Best, the university’s president."

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One international student after another told the University of Central Missouri this summer that they couldn’t get a visa, and many struggled to even land an interview for one.

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The decline represents a hit to the bottom line for Central Missouri, a small public university that operates close to its margins with an endowment of only $65 million. International students typically account for nearly a quarter of its tuition revenue."

Colleges face financial struggles as Trump policies send international enrollment plummeting

Signs of a decline in international students have unsettled colleges around the U.S., but some schools are especially vulnerable.

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[CaughtInThe]

"The extent of the change in enrollment will not be clear until the fall, Some groups have forecast a decline of as much as 40%, with a huge impact on college budgets and the wider U.S. economy."

 

[CaughtInThe]

 

[Phys251]

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“We aren’t able to subsidize domestic students as much when we have fewer international students who are bringing revenue to us,” said Roger Best, the university’s president."

...

One international student after another told the University of Central Missouri this summer that they couldn’t get a visa, and many struggled to even land an interview for one.

...

The decline represents a hit to the bottom line for Central Missouri, a small public university that operates close to its margins with an endowment of only $65 million. International students typically account for nearly a quarter of its tuition revenue."

Colleges face financial struggles as Trump policies send international enrollment plummeting

Signs of a decline in international students have unsettled colleges around the U.S., but some schools are especially vulnerable.

apnews.com

Killing off higher education is a core goal of MAGA.

 

[CaughtInThe]

Killing off higher education is a core goal of MAGA.

Yep

 

[Pyrite]

Everything he touches...



“We aren’t able to subsidize domestic students as much when we have fewer international students who are bringing revenue to us,” said Roger Best, the university’s president."

...

One international student after another told the University of Central Missouri this summer that they couldn’t get a visa, and many struggled to even land an interview for one.

...

The decline represents a hit to the bottom line for Central Missouri, a small public university that operates close to its margins with an endowment of only $65 million. International students typically account for nearly a quarter of its tuition revenue."

Colleges face financial struggles as Trump policies send international enrollment plummeting

Signs of a decline in international students have unsettled colleges around the U.S., but some schools are especially vulnerable.

apnews.com

Of course, the decrease in the number of full-tuition-paying international students is having an adverse effect on the bottom lines of universities, which necessarily negatively impacts....student aid.

I've known about this correlation for decades - which means people surrounding trump had to have been aware of it but simply didn't care that American schools of higher learning would suffer once the MAGA idiot targeted foreigners.

 

[CaughtInThe]

Of course, the decrease in the number of full-tuition-paying international students is having an adverse effect on the bottom lines of universities, which necessarily negatively impacts....student aid.

I've known about this correlation for decades - which means people surrounding trump had to have been aware of it but simply didn't care that American schools of higher learning would suffer once the MAGA idiot targeted foreigners.

Oh, no doubt.

 

[Pyrite]

Oh, no doubt.

Making America Go Awry

 

[Northern Light]

I think deflation of post-secondary institutions is one of the best things that could happen for our country. Tuition rates are highway robbery, mostly used to pay bloated administrations and needless campus expansions and student complexes. School is for learning, it's not meant to be an amusement park. Colleges are corporations who are answerable to shareholders, a trend that needs to change.

 

[CaughtInThe]

I think deflation of post-secondary institutions is one of the best things that could happen for our country. Tuition rates are highway robbery, mostly used to pay bloated administrations and needless campus expansions and student complexes. School is for learning, it's not meant to be an amusement park. Colleges are corporations who are answerable to shareholders, a trend that needs to change.

Tuitions are too high.

What Trump (the king of bankruptcy) is doing is killing an entity's customer base and they'll have to take it out on the remaining students (even higher costs).

 

[Northern Light]

Tuitions are too high.

What Trump (the king of bankruptcy) is doing is killing an entity's customer base and they'll have to take it out on the remaining students (even higher costs).

High cost means reduced demand, so they'll be shooting themselves in the foot.

The solution will be to reduce their administration staff and downsize their faculty. No different than how if a company is failing, executives should take a pay cut.

But that's the last thing these wealthy institutions want to do.

Every person I've known who works in university admin gets paid a fortune to do **** all.

 

[phoenix2020]

I see no issue with Missouri MAGA not getting educations.

 

[Allan]

This might be a boon for Canadian universities, already a welcoming environment to international students especially from Asia.

Foreign students pay a premium which helps keep the cost down for Canadian students.

Canadian student's tuition averages $4,939 but international students pay about $16,000. The more international students who bypass the US for Canada the better.

 

[bythoughts]

Every person I've known who works in university admin gets paid a fortune to do **** all.

It's hard to argue with that. But how are we going to convince colleges to cut administrative staff when a single student chanting "river to the sea" means they are COMPLETELY OUT OF BUSINESS? They have an administrator for every student, sure ... but is that enough?

 

[Ishm]

Killing off higher education is a core goal of MAGA.

It's actually part of Trumps revenge tour. He knows that the more highly educated a person is, the less likely that they voted for him.

 

[phoenix2020]

This might be a boon for Canadian universities, already a welcoming environment to international students especially from Asia.

Foreign students pay a premium which helps keep the cost down for Canadian students.

Canadian student's tuition averages $4,939 but international students pay about $16,000. The more international students who bypass the US for Canada the better.

Agreed, this could be a win for Canadian universities.

 

[CaughtInThe]

High cost means reduced demand, so they'll be shooting themselves in the foot.

You're already paying higher costs because of Trump's tariffs. Have you stopped buying stuff?

 

[CaughtInThe]

I don't know if you guys noticed but this is going to be happening to tons of universities in red and blue states.

Everything Trump touches...

 

[Northern Light]

It's hard to argue with that. But how are we going to convince colleges to cut administrative staff when a single student chanting "river to the sea" means they are COMPLETELY OUT OF BUSINESS? They have an administrator for every student, sure ... but is that enough?

You don't convince them, you just keep hitting their wallet until they course correct. That's ultimately how you clear out the woke, pro-hamas rot. It's already working. They can't keep operating this way if they can't afford to operate. I think though, they are just biding their time hoping that the Dems will get re-elected to the WH and the woke rot and endless spending can continue. I'm hoping Trump passes bills through congress (instead of through the exec) that make some of the changes permanent. I am very worried for our academic institutions.

Universities have let their administrative bureaucracy run wild, treating the institutions like their little political feifdoms instead of places of academic and intellectual excellence, as well as places where free thought and curiosity can lead to discovery. On the other side of the coin though is corporate capture, so even if the woke rot is addressed, we still have to address an even bigger monster which is the grant/funding system of research. It's all corporate now.