{
  "id": 4132572,
  "title": "First-year international applications to US colleges drop 10% amid policy shifts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/first-year-international-applications-to-us-colleges-drop-10-amid",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-29T07:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "VnExpress International",
    "slug": "vnexpress-international",
    "url": "https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/education/first-year-international-applications-to-us-colleges-drop-10-amid-policy-shifts-5114232.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Applications from first-year international students to U.S. universities fell about 10% in the 2025-26 admissions cycle, ending nearly a decade of growth as interest weakened across major source regions, according to a new report.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}