A new report says the number of international students coming to American colleges and universities fell last year, for the third 1.________ year. The report, from the Institute of International Education, found that the number of newly 2.________ foreign students dropped by 1 percent in the 3.________ of 2018, compared to the year before. This follows decreases of 7 percent and 3 percent in the two years before that. Those were the first drops in 4.________ in more than 10 years. The decreasing numbers of foreign students is an issue for many schools in the United States that have come to 5.________ tuition payments from them. Foreigners are usually charged higher amounts than U.S. 6.________ are. China continued to send more students than any other country, followed by India, South Korea and Saudi Arabia. However, years of growth from China have leveled off. The number of Chinese students in U.S. schools 7.________ by less than 2%. Some colleges and universities have noted major decreases in Chinese students signing up for classes. At the University of Alabama, the number of Chinese students has dropped by 8.________ over the past two years. At the University of Iowa and at Kansas State University, Chinese enrollment fell by about a third in the same period. The report also found that far 9.________ students are coming from Saudi Arabia. This began in 2017 when Saudi officials cut back on a program that 10._______ money to study around the world. There were also drops in students coming from South Korea, Japan and Mexico.