College student Yufei Wu hasn’t seen her family in nearly three years because of China’s coronavirus restrictions and strict lockdowns. Wu, 23, a senior at...
Universities saw dramatic drops in international student enrollment as the pandemic brought on travel, visa and family challenges.
But Wu remains in Texas to pursue her degree in human development and family sciences. She’s among a dwindling number of international students enrolled in American universities. Graduate programs were particularly hampered. Texas A&M’s international graduate student enrollment, for example, suffered the most due to a 31% drop.last year, according to NAFSA: Association of International Educators. Overall, international students studying in the United States contributed $28.4 billion nationwide during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Still, a major challenge for administrators is reassuring families that their children will be safe — on the other side of the world in some instances — during the pandemic. Even before the pandemic, some international students often felt waves of uncertainty regarding their status under Trump’s administration because of his hard stance on immigration, said David Barron, UT-Tyler’s associate vice president for university enrollment management.
“Because I look the way I do — from the political situation, the atmosphere during that time — it was risky sometimes,” she said.Many students struggled with simply getting into the country over the past two years as international travel became heavily restricted and air traffic was reduced. Consulates and embassies across the world were closed, leaving many in a haze as they attempted to acquire student visas.
Applying for graduate school at the UT-Dallas from Mumbai was “an anxious time” for students like Punit Sanghavi, who had to navigate the process during worldwide disruptions caused by the coronavirus. Students who couldn’t make it to Texas in person, did their best to connect with classmates remotely.
The clubs allowed her to network and connect with people, take a break from class work, feel less alone and make friends on campus.
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