Lots of lost revenue. Not good.One of my contacts at Arts and Sciences (a fundraiser, of course) told me a couple of weeks ago that before the pandemic the College had 257 foreign students enrolled. Today the number is approximately 50. The other Colleges/Departments/Schools likely have similar numbers.
I’m worried when the light bulbs go out on our high living room ceilings - who do we call to replace them? We’re very handy here
I do know how to turn on a flashlight though.
This is not the result of changing demographics as this tread has been discussing, but rather a conscious decision of the government to minimize student visas.
That number seems low as a quick search reveals SU’s student population is 25% foreign at the graduate level and 17-20% undergraduate. I think a lot of people were surprised, and not in a good way, at the percentages of foreign students at leading U.S. universities (and SU is probably below the median).
Screening of foreign students by the gov has been suboptimal for decades and it has had consequences. Hence why this is being scrutinized more now.
Maybe…the more I use it the more I feel it just says stuff regardless of the answer. Additionally I am not sure the business model use case works. The compute power need is parabolic. Energy is limited. $ are limited. And if AI companies tokenize cost structure how incentivized are they to make their engines better and more efficient.
What’s the evidence for your statement?
look up international students @ Michigan, coach.
Are you referring to the recent death of a doctoral student? One incident and that justifies a dramatic change to policy? I'd say that's pretty xenophobic... coach.
Not always true. Although the principals of supply and demand should cause this to happen, the reality is many trades end up in union environments. What really happens is the senior employees get their picks of jobs and newer employees get the crappy jobs. Which means more days away from home and family. Or more physical work. There is a shortage of many skilled laborer's especially here in the mid-west.
Smarter students? A better world?
Happened to golf with 2 young guys yesterday. One did auto body work, the other a carpenter. I mentioned the trades being a good place right now. The said they wanted a job AI couldn’t take away
If you don’t think some -many of the students from certain countries were not here as intellectual property spies, you are naive.
They don’t need to spy at universities when companies have been lobbying for H1B visas instead. They work directly in the companies. And have lots of other intelligence gathering operations.
And in university research programs as grad and post-doc students.
True. There are favored countries and then others being punished for some reason because of their origins. India’s students, the most affected, hav had 61% of their student visa applicants rejected. India also has a very large % of stem majors including medicine which has been really helping the US with our doctor shortage. Why is India our biggest target?
As someone who has taught at a small liberal arts college, the most important thing is having a plan. I taught bio and environmental courses; most of my advisees and students in bio had no problem getting jobs or continuing as med/grad students. The students who took my courses as electives or my non-majors course were a different story, and we talked a lot about how important it is to both follow their passion and have a plan for leveraging their greatest strengths to make a good living for themselves after graduation. Much of that revolved around getting internships and making strong connections before graduation. As a first gen college graduate myself, it was definitely something I struggled with.
Good points. The problem is with kids today (and i have a 26 and 24 year old) is that most kids want to go from A to Z in one step. They dont want side jobs to make ends meet and expect just because they have a degree, masters or whatever they deserve to be paid top dollar and expect companies to just hire them.