Trump's travel ban hurts America's greatest export: higher education (STEM)

qz.com

29 pointssmalera4 comments

Not to disagree with the basic argument of the article, the defense and aerospace industry exports $95/year, 3X the education valuation cited.

You're missing the point - what's taught isn't just of monetary value. Schooling lots of foreigners in The American Way surely has a non zero value.

Of course, sometimes that nonzero value is negative.

I am thinking specifically about the case of Sayyid Qtub; though I am sure his is not unique.

I hadn't thought of that aspect. I'm pretty confident this is a bit of an outlier, but magnitude has to be a factor.