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Published January 21st, 2026, 08:46 pm

Every fall, college campuses refill with energy and voices from around the world. This year, many of those voices never arrived.

Visa delays and political uncertainty are reshaping who chooses to study in the U.S.—and what campuses lose in the process.

Gabriella Scarlatta, interim chancellor of the University of Michigan–Dearborn and a former international student, joins Robyn Vincent on The Metro to reflect on what that absence means.

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The cost of fewer visas and voices on campus

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