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  colleges and universities in the u.s. could see a sharp decline in enrollment of international students if initial figures from a survey are an early indicator of what's to come.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  nearly 40 percent of responding u.s. institutions are reporting a drop in international student applications, particularly from students in the middle east, according to initial findings from a survey of 250 schools. declines are also reported for students from china and india at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
article_headline: survey finds college applications from international students down