Foreigner In America?

If they could easily adapt then some of the smaller private schools that have recently gone under would have probably adapted. Instead they failed. Universities spend money because it is expensive to maintain advanced facilities for science, technology, etc. Many fields are not lucrative but I would argue that their study makes our nation better for it: art, literature, the humanities are worth our support. Research is supposed to be risky - that's part of the endeavor. They are economic engines for their communities and big research universities generate major economic gains for their states and communities. I'd be ok if public schools were not allowed to spend so much on athletics. But, I doubt that's your concern. How is the local population suffering? Job opportunities? Education opportunities that are subsidized by foreign students? None of your argument makes any sense. It's not like there are a finite number of spots and foreign students are taking them. Bringing on additional paying students gives schools flexibility to admit students that can't pay full tuition. My child goes to a selective private college where almost half the students are foreign and we pay a small fraction of the full tuition. That's only possible because of those foreign students paying full tuition. And the local community is not suffering because of it - the local community of this school only _exists_ because of the school. If the school closed or stopped bringing their foreign students, the community would probably disappear.