by linked-in — Over the past two years, foreign student enrollment in American universities declined by 10%, according to the International Institute of Education. The decline — a major reversal from recent years — threatens the nation’s $42 billion higher education market. What’s keeping students away? Immigration concerns, tuition costs and fears about physical safety in the U.S., the BBC reports. The situation would be worse if not for China, which had 360,000 students in the U.S. in 2018, up from 60,000 in 2000.