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Originally Posted by Hondaracer
So many of those initiatives seem like they are driven by media reporting on inaction resulting in a snap reaction to sway public opinion as opposed to anything done proactively.
The international student thing was 1000000% driven by reporting, they would have been happy to keep the cash cow flowing if outlets hadn’t started reporting on strip malls filled with “colleges”
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The international students issue is more than just "strip malls filled with Colleges" though. Even before news of that broke out, there have been an ongoing stream of reports describing how much international students have been getting ripped off, how they are paying sky high tuitions fees compared to domestic students (usually 3 - 5x higher), how they are enrolled in garbage courses irrelevant to the work they seek, how they cannot afford to meet basic needs bcos of work restrictions, etc. All of that reporting has been going on for quite some time, at least since early-ish 2023, if not longer.
Housing difficulties for students is also not new. I remember watching quite a bit of that in Aug and early September.
The strip mall college stuff seems like they are more recently reported, but certainly that is also not a new issue.
The crackdown on too many international student visas is long overdue, but it is not exactly a "new" problem brought up by the media spotlight.