[ti:Could Coronavirus Lead to a Decrease in International Students in America?]
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[00:00.04]Priscilla C. of Holland Village in Singapore has a bright future ahead of her.
[00:08.56]The 17-year-old has been accepted to study economics at Stanford University in California.
[00:17.20]She hopes to begin her studies this autumn.
[00:21.00]But Priscilla, who asked VOA not to use her full name,
[00:26.76]fears the ongoing coronavirus pandemic will have a major effect on her college experience.
[00:35.00]She worries about travel restrictions.
[00:38.44]She also worries about the United States' uneven actions taken to fight the disease outbreak.
[00:47.36]And she wonders whether she will even be able to attend college classes in person in the fall.
[00:55.64]"It's added a lot of stress and uncertainty to the process," she said.
[01:02.00]"The most exciting thing about deciding to become an international student
[01:08.04]was attending college in California,
[01:11.24]and now there's a big possibility that I won't physically be on the campus I was dreaming about."
[01:19.24]She said she trusts that schools will do what they feel is best for their students.
[01:26.52]But even if colleges do re-open in the fall,
[01:30.32]Priscilla says she will still probably have health and safety concerns.
[01:37.04]And, she and her friends fear they may miss out on many traditional college experiences and memories.
[01:46.56]Other international students with plans to study in America have similar thoughts and concerns.
[01:54.48]And, experts worry the effects of the pandemic could cause problems for colleges and universities.
[02:04.36]The Institute of International Education, or IIE,
[02:10.16]does a yearly count of America's international students using State Department data.
[02:17.72]During the 2018-2019 school year, the IIE found there were over 1,095,000 international students in the U.S.
[02:32.00]This represents 5.5 percent of the total college student population.
[02:39.64]But the number of new, first-time international students studying at American colleges and universities
[02:48.60]was 7 percent lower than the year before.
[02:52.88]The coronavirus crisis is making it more difficult
[02:57.76]for international students hoping to come to America, observers say.
[03:04.76]Philip Altbach is director of the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College.
[03:13.52]He says international students were already dealing
[03:17.64]with the rising cost of American higher education before the coronavirus pandemic.
[03:24.76]And, the belief that the U.S. has become less welcoming to foreigners is widespread.
[03:33.64]Because of the pandemic, the U.S. has a travel ban on foreign visitors from China and Europe.
[03:42.48]About 34 percent of international students that come to the U.S. are from China, the IIE reports.
[03:51.36]Christopher Rim is the chief executive officer of Command Education,
[03:57.44]a New York-based college advising company.
[04:01.40]He says many of the students his company works with are from places like Hong Kong and Shanghai.
[04:10.00]He says many of them have been considering other choices for international higher education.
[04:17.00]Some U.S. schools have already said they will re-open in the fall.
[04:22.76]But it is still unclear how classes will operate in many cases.
[04:29.48]The possibility remains that that many American colleges and universities will reopen online.
[04:37.84]That means that international students who remain in their home countries
[04:43.48]may have to take classes in the middle of the night.
[04:47.20]It also means they will not get the traditional experiences of living in shared housing
[04:54.28]and taking part in campus events.
[04:57.52]Rim said, "They're not paying a $70,000 or $80,000 tuition
[05:04.56]to sit in front of a computer in their bedroom or their living room at home."
[05:11.00]Rim noted that a decrease in international students coming to the U.S.
[05:17.32]would present a serious financial problem for schools and their surrounding communities.
[05:24.36]International students added over $44 billion to the nation's economy in 2018,
[05:33.36]the U.S. Department of Commerce reports.
[05:37.16]But James Hundreiser of the National Association Of College And University Business Officers
[05:45.76]argues that the threat to American higher education is not so great.
[05:52.68]He says schools no longer have as much financial dependence
[05:57.96]on international students' tuition as they once did.
[06:02.76]And the quality of online education is actually very good.
[06:09.52]"I actually wonder if this will open up the doors to...more international students...
[06:15.96]because of those who can't afford to necessarily travel overseas," said Hundreiser.
[06:23.60]"We know that affordability is an issue for not only American students, but also international students."
[06:33.72]Priscilla C. still plans to study at Stanford, even with her concerns.
[06:41.28]So do her friends who also have plans to study in America.
[06:46.92]And even if there is a decrease in the number of international students,
[06:53.08]Altbach, Rim and Hundreiser all agree that it will not last long.
[07:00.12]"Students around the world still see the U.S. as one of the best higher education systems in the world,
[07:09.60]and the American society, even with the current problems that we face, as an attractive place to be," Altbach said.
[07:20.72]I'm Dorothy Gundy.
[07:22.72]And I'm Pete Musto.
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