The number of Saudi Arabian students enrolled at American universities has skyrocketed since the launch of a massive Saudi government scholarship program in 2005, increasing more than 17-fold. But after more than a decade of growth, many universities with sizable Saudi populations are anticipating significant declines in new Saudi enrollments as the government has retooled the scholarship program. Steep drops in enrollments at the English language level, the initial landing point for most Saudi students coming to U.S. universities, signal further declines ahead. The enrollment declines will prove challenging to the many public and private universities that have grown to count on the tuition revenue from Saudi students, who number in the hundreds at many campuses.

July 18, 2016 ・ From Inside Higher Ed