Just read that 40% of US colleges recently experienced a decrease in foreign applicants. This will have an impact on the work and treatment of FTs in Asia because many of our students are motivated to learn English in order to qualify for US colleges. They see us as their passport to better education, a chance to visit and experience America, and better job prospects when they return to their countries (or if they stay to work in America with H-1B visas).

And it's also bad for US colleges and the US economy as foreign students (over 1 million last year) bring US$32B a year into the US economy.

Other countries will pull these students into their programs.

Overall, I predict that this retrenchment will also create a loss of goodwill towards America because I have yet to see better ambassadors of US values than returning students who enjoyed their stay at US colleges.