The University of Idaho has achieved several internal milestones — in areas like fundraising and research — but faces a host of external pressures.

One is a national political environment that is making it more difficult for international students to enroll at American colleges and universities.

“(It) is not anything that I’m proud of,” U of I President C. Scott Green said during a State of the University address Tuesday morning.

That climate of uncertainty will affect the U of I’s fall enrollment numbers, which will be released in October. Enrollment looks fairly solid for the fall semester, which began Aug. 25, but the number of incoming international students will drop by more than 50%, Green said.

Federal officials revoked four international student visas this spring , but Green

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