Biden administration calls for a ‘renewed U.S. commitment to international education’
The United States has never had a coordinated national approach to international education. Now the Biden administration says it will pursue one.
‘On the knife’s edge’: More upheaval for the DACA program
A federal judge in Texas has ruled as illegal a program that has protected hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children.
It’s official: Biden withdrew rule that would have put strict limits on student visas
In withdrawing a Trump-era visa-rule change, the Biden administration notes overwhelming opposition to the proposal.
A false choice in California?
The University of California will cap international enrollments to admit more in-state students. But is it necessarily true that if someone gets in, someone else has to be left out?
College athletes may be able to get compensation — but not if they’re international students
International students can can work in the dining hall or campus bookstore — but wouldn’t be permitted under visa rules to profit from their “name, image, and likeness” by appearing at a soccer clinic or autograph signing, as the new laws allow.
Guilt by educational association?
Students are pushing back against a Trump-era policy that denies visas to people who studied at universities affiliated with the Chinese military.
A more optimistic picture for international-student enrollment
Forty-three percent of colleges said international applications were above 2020 levels, according to the Institute of International Education. Of that group, about 15 percent reported a “substantial” increase in overseas applicants.
Mapping global research
“If we frame everything as a bilateral race between U.S. and China, we’re missing half of the system because we’ve really globalized.”
Colleges play a dominant role in attracting global talent
One in five entrepreneurs who start venture-backed companies in the U.S. are immigrants, a new study shows. Of that group, more than three-quarters came to America for college.
How the public sees international students
A new survey sends mixed signals: Americans, for example, have generally favorable opinions of international students but also believe they might have been sent to the U.S. to poach ideas.