Colleges are tracking a notable fall in international student enrollments this year, a shift that threatens more than tuition revenue—affecting research pipelines, global partnerships, and campus diversity. Universities that built budgets and program plans assuming steady international flows now face immediate revenue gaps and longer‑term reputational impacts. Analysts warn reduced international enrollments can shrink graduate research assistant pools, compress language and area studies programs, and raise per‑student fixed costs. Institutions are recalibrating recruitment strategies, emergency financial planning, and scholarship allocations to blunt the impact. Expect intensified diplomatic engagement, new tuition models, and targeted recruitment in underserved markets as colleges try to stabilize international cohorts ahead of next year’s admissions cycle.