Clickbait headline and buried lede. This paragraph summarizes what the primary driver is:

> World-wide, the number of M.B.A. applications was flat from 2017, partly because of an increase in students looking to pursue their degrees in Europe and Asia, according to the GMAC survey. Applications surged 8% to schools in Canada and 9% to schools in East and South Asia.

Canada surging by 8% is not because schools in Canada are suddenly better than US counterparts. It is because of US policy and rhetoric under Trump.

The relative loss of talent wanting to work here will hurt us. Consider that the CEOs of Google and Microsoft are all foreign born holders of MBAs.

Edit: removed Elon Musk from MBA list. He studied business as part of his undergrad from Wharton.