Karin Fischer

Karin Fischer writes about international education and the economic, cultural, and political divides around American colleges. She’s on the social-media platform X @karinfischer, and her email address is karin.fischer@chronicle.com.

Stories by This Author

Latitudes

Immigrant-Origin Students Are the Biggest Drivers of U.S. College-Enrollment Growth

Plus, opposition to the China Initiative, a tally of global attacks on higher education, and foreign students and the election.

Latitudes

Latitudes: In America, Higher Education Has Become a Political Flashpoint. Around the World, Too.

Also, a critic of Confucius Institutes says that China acts “with impunity” on U.S. campuses.

Gary Ashwill's extensive archives include a Cuban baseball card album. Gary Ashwill, a historian of the Negro baseball league, is cofounder of the Seamheads Negro League database, which MLB licensed in order to integrate its record books.

Changeup

How a Group of Amateurs Rewrote the History of America’s Pastime

By Karin Fischer September 27, 2024

For decades, the achievements of baseball’s earliest Black stars were kept out of the record books. Then some “geeks” changed the score.

Latitudes

Congressional Report Slams U.S. Research Partnerships with China

Plus, a grad student had his visa terminated. Is this a test case for foreign students and protest?

Illustration showing red and blue fists in boxing gloves hitting a punching bag shaped like a university column

Political Football

Why Everybody Hates Higher Education

By Karin Fischer September 24, 2024

Neither political party is happy. They just diagnose the problems differently.

Latitudes

In Adopting Need-Blind Admissions, Notre Dame Sees No Borders

The Catholic college becomes the latest institution to not consider financial need, regardless of citizenship.

Latitudes

Another American College Says Zàijiàn to a Chinese Partnership

Also, Congress tries to restrict academic collaboration between the U.S. and China.

Latitudes

The U.S. Relied on Its Reputation to Attract Foreign Students and Scientists. Now It Needs a Strategy.

Plus, new guidance about eligibility for OPT, the work program for foreign graduates.

Latitudes

For International Postdocs, the U.S. Research Experience Might Not Measure Up

Foreign scholars often earn less and have fewer opportunities than Americans do.

Latitudes

When It Comes to International Education, the Map Keeps Shifting for U.S. Colleges

A snapshot survey shows the latest trends in foreign-student recruitment and study abroad.