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.
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Latitudes
Plus, another setback for DACA and a proposal to limit OPT.
Strong-Arm Tactics
A small European country is the playbook for the president-elect and his advisers.
Latitudes
The closure of another joint institute with China underscores lawmakers’ scrutiny amid fears of a chilling effect on international ed.
Introduction
Latitudes
Students at the American U. of Beirut get an education in civic engagement.
Latitudes
Also, the United States and China renew a longstanding science pact, but with “guardrails.”
Breaking Up
For communities surrounding small institutions, the losses are more than economic.
Latitudes
Travel warnings to China are lowered, but Americans studying in Italy could face new requirements. Plus, Trump and Dreamers.
Latitudes
Plus, the reversal of contentious study-abroad guidance and red flags from an early admissions snapshot.
International
The executive order, by Gov. Greg Abbott, could hobble academic engagement between Texas colleges and a country that remains a major source of international students and a critical research partner.