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March 15, 2023How Colleges Can Bring the World Into Their Classrooms
Grappling with global challenges motivates students, an expert says. Plus, a virtual-exchange group expands its reach. -
March 8, 2023
Education Dept.’s Guidance to Improve Oversight of Tech Vendors Could Hit Study Abroad
Colleges and their international partners might face new reporting requirements or be forced to sever ties. -
March 1, 2023
For Chinese American Scientists, a Chill at the U.S. Border
Asian American researchers report being stopped and questioned by U.S. authorities. Plus, could new federal guidance affect the use of international-student recruitment agents? -
Feb. 22, 2023
Will America’s Gun Problem Drive Away International Students?
Two Chinese students were among those wounded in a mass shooting at Michigan State University. -
Feb. 15, 2023
These Colleges Produce a Lot of Fulbright Scholars. Here’s How.
Clarity, financial support, and application guidance all matter. -
Feb. 8, 2023
Why Universities Can Be a ‘Real Thorn in the Flesh’ of Authoritarian Leaders
A college president on higher ed’s role in democracy and dissent. Plus, another round in the debate over international-recruitment agents. -
Feb. 1, 2023
Colleges Embrace a Different International Role, as Places of Refuge
A scholarship program in Kentucky provides a new start for displaced students, and other ways higher ed is supporting refugees. -
Jan. 25, 2023
For International Recruitment, Is Africa the Future?
A look inside my notebook from a reporting trip to Africa, plus new data show international applicants on the upswing. -
Jan. 18, 2023
To Improve Study-Abroad Rates, Colleges Focus on the Missing Students
Here’s how some colleges have gotten more first-gen and underrepresented students overseas. -
Jan. 11, 2023
NAFSA Has a New Leader. Here’s Why She Got the Job.
Plus, new guidelines have been proposed for Confucius Institutes. But are they too late?
