The United States has long been the world's most popular destination for international students studying abroad. Yet in 2017-18, American universities sustained a 6.6 percent drop in new enrollments by foreign students, continuing a trend that began in 2015-16 and causing much handwringing in higher-education circles and the media. In covering the dwindling enrollment, the "Wall Street Journal" quoted a college-recruitment specialist as saying that foreign "students are not feeling welcome" in some states, while the "Washington Post" cited "questions about whether President Trump's nationalist rhetoric and policies have undercut overseas demand for U.S. higher education." Is the United States losing its edge as the go-to place for study abroad? A first glance at the numbers might suggest so, but a closer look discloses that while growth in the international-student market has slowed, the total numbers are trending upward. In 2018, the number of foreign students studying here attained a new high, exceeding one million for the third year running, according to the Institute of International Education. Furthermore, the country has experienced, and recovered from, growth-rate dips in the past.