International Students Abandon UMKC

Harsh times for the city college after an alleged illegal alien rape and nearby suspected hate crime killing has apparently scared long distance kangaroos from the campus . . .

Amid new anxiety, fewer than half as many foreign students apply to UMKC

Following a campaign season often perceived abroad as bordering on xenophobic, amid Trump administration travel bans and in the wake of racially charged violence against immigrants, the allure of American college campuses appears to be fading. In Kansas City, Lawrence, Manhattan and Columbia - as at schools across the country - fresh anxieties are driving down college applications from overseas.