Source: Gainesville Sun
University of Florida enrollment for the fall 2018 semester is up slightly compared to a year ago, but there are fewer students on campus. Graduate enrollment, however, decreased by 4.3 percent.
The drop in graduate students — from 11,895 to 11,384 — amounts to a 4.3 percent decrease. In his address to the Faculty Senate last week, UF President Kent Fuchs mentioned concern about the decline in international graduate students due to federal policies. UF Provost Joe Glover said it’s too early to know more specific reasons for the grad student decrease, but said the decrease of international grad students was a possible factor.
“Historically in the college of engineering and in other colleges there has been a large reliance on the flow of students from China,” Glover said. “If that flow dries up, whether it is politics or economics or perception or what have you, then I think the college will explore other pipelines of students from other countries.
“We do have a good flow of international students from countries around the world. But primarily China and India have been large pipes, especially into the College of Engineering, and if those pipes narrow then I think the College of Engineering will have to put in greater efforts to diversify the streams of students that they are trying to attract.”
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