America’s universities face a stark future as declining birth rates and restrictive immigration policies threaten to drain campuses of international students. The fallout reaches beyond lecture halls—small colleges risk closure, towns lose economic lifelines, and industries face talent shortages. Excluding global talent may not protect opportunity; it may dismantle the very engine of the American Dream.Shutting out international students could close many US colleges, and cost Americans the most
America’s universities face a stark future as declining birth rates and restrictive immigration policies threaten to drain campuses of international students. The fallout reaches beyond lecture halls—small colleges risk closure, towns lose economic lifelines, and industries face talent shortages. Excluding global talent may not protect opportunity; it may dismantle the very engine of the American Dream.