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Newsletter Archive
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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? -
Jan. 4, 2023
For International Education, a Bright Future or a Gloomy Outlook?
Readers weigh in on whether we are at the end of a golden era for internationalization. -
Dec. 14, 2022
How to Play Defense on International Education
NAFSA’s departing leader reflects on her six years in office, from Trump to the pandemic. -
Dec. 7, 2022
Caribbean Medical Schools Are Said to Exploit a Loophole to Get Federal Student Aid
The for-profit institutions team up with online American universities to obtain funds for which they are not eligible, a report says. -
Nov. 30, 2022
Graduate Enrollments Are Up, and International Students Are the Cause
The number of Americans enrolling in graduate school for the first time fell in 2021. -
Nov. 16, 2022
In New International Enrollment Data, a Rebound — and a Reality Check
Everything you need to know about the latest Open Doors report. -
Nov. 9, 2022
A Tough Time for International Education
Making sense of a new report on campus internationalization. Plus, a tally of threats to academic freedom worldwide. -
Nov. 2, 2022
Tackling Study Abroad’s First-Gen Problem
How one college got more students who are the first in their families to go to college to study overseas.