Fewer foreign students, fewer dollars: US colleges feel the pinch

DePaul University has told faculty it will immediately reduce spending following a 30 percent decline in international enrollment this fall. The move is the latest by US colleges to cope with the disruptive education and immigration policies of President Donald Trump. The amount of the reduction is to be determined, but measures could include a hiring freeze, executive pay cuts and discretionary spending limits, university president Robert Manuel wrote in a memo to faculty on Tuesday. Overall international enrollment at the private Catholic university in Chicago decreased by 755 students compared to last year, Manuel said. The number of first-year international graduate students fell at an even steeper pace -- by nearly 62 percent. DePaul enrolled some 21,000 students last...