A steep decline in graduate school applications from foreign students has university administrators pushing the federal government to reform the visa process. Their argument: The trend could cost US schools much-needed revenue and research help, and make America seem isolated in the eyes of the world.
International graduate student applications for this fall are down 32% compared with a year ago, according to a recent survey, and schools are extending application deadlines so they don't lose students still negotiating US bureaucracy.
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