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WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Foreign students not only improve the quality of education at Indiana University and other U.S. campuses, but they often take home an appreciation for American life that lasts a lifetime, Indiana University President Adam W. Herbert told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today.

Herbert said IU and many other academic institutions are seeing a significant drop in applications from prospective foreign students, and he warned that this trend could have a harmful effect on higher education

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