> I would much rather that they be knocked down a peg or three, which if it continues long enough might even result in lower prices for domestic students.
When an organization loses a significant portion of it's annual income [0], there's often three main choices on what can be done next [1]
* reduce the quality / variety of services provided -- i.e. cut services, keep prices the same, don't admit more students
* increase prices for remaining "customers" -- i.e. increase prices, don't cut services, don't admit more students
* increase income by getting more paying "customers" -- i.e. don't cut services, don't increase prices, get more domestic students [2]
I struggle to see how you believe this could end up reducing prices for US domestic students for the same quality of education as before... unless your point is to degrade the standing of the educational institution/quality of the education provided so it becomes cheaper...? if that's true, why would you want that?
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[0]: close to a third of annual income in this case "Over 6,700 international students were enrolled at the institution last academic year, university data shows, making up 27% of its student body."
-- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c05768jmm11o
[1]: based on my random experiences and stuff i've read, this is not an exhaustive cite-able statement
[2]: could also take out a loan, but that's basically short-term increasing income
>When an organization loses a significant portion of it's annual income
It might be wrong to think of the university's main source of revenue as tuition or tuition-adjacent fees.
>I struggle to see how you believe this could end up reducing prices for
Because we live in a supply-and-demand world.
>for the same quality of education as before.
No one going to university goes there for the quality of education. They do so for the prestigious credentials. If somehow having fewer foreign students would actually result in a lower quality of education at, say, Harvard Law School or some such, then things are fucked up far beyond my ability to care about the outcome or Trump's meddling causing that.
When an organization loses a significant portion of it's annual income [0], there's often three main choices on what can be done next [1]
* reduce the quality / variety of services provided -- i.e. cut services, keep prices the same, don't admit more students
* increase prices for remaining "customers" -- i.e. increase prices, don't cut services, don't admit more students
* increase income by getting more paying "customers" -- i.e. don't cut services, don't increase prices, get more domestic students [2]
I struggle to see how you believe this could end up reducing prices for US domestic students for the same quality of education as before... unless your point is to degrade the standing of the educational institution/quality of the education provided so it becomes cheaper...? if that's true, why would you want that?
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[0]: close to a third of annual income in this case "Over 6,700 international students were enrolled at the institution last academic year, university data shows, making up 27% of its student body." -- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c05768jmm11o
[1]: based on my random experiences and stuff i've read, this is not an exhaustive cite-able statement
[2]: could also take out a loan, but that's basically short-term increasing income