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“We saw that just with the spring sort of enrollment and intake, there was a 13% decline in enrollment of graduate students in the United States,” said Fanta Aw, CEO of NAFSA, Association of International Educators. “And we know the spring semester has a smaller intake. The majority of intake for universities are in the fall.”
One day after the Department of Homeland Security revoked Harvard’s authorization to enroll international students, more than 75 international students gathered for food and company at a Friday evening event co-hosted by the Dean of Students Office and the Woodbridge International Society.
Harvard and the federal government are locked in a battle that boils down to turning over records on international students. But Harvard says it is also about the First Amendment.
Investigators have seized writings that they believe belong to the suspect as they search for a motive in the fatal attack.
As the U.S. government begins reinstating international students’ records following an expansive crackdown, many face a daunting and complicated path toward rebuilding their lives.
This decline is part of a broader tightening of international student admissions. Overall, Canada issued 96,015 study permits in early 2025 — a significant drop from 121,070 the year before.