By Elizabeth Redden. China's Ministry of Education warns students of the risk of visa problems if they come to the U.S. More...
House Passes American Dream and Promise Act
By Elizabeth Redden. The Democrat-controlled House of Representatives on Tuesday voted 237 to 187 to pass the American Dream and Promise Act of 2019, which provides a pathway to citizenship for certain undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers who were brought to the U.S. as children, as well as to individuals who currently hold temporary protected status or who are subject to deferred enforced departure due to dangerous conditions in their home countries. More...
Cuba Travel Restrictions Won't Affect Study Abroad
By Elizabeth Redden. The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it is ending authorization for Americans to travel to Cuba for group “people-to-people” educational travel, such as for educational tours run by travel companies. More...
Credit Where Credit Is Due
By Elizabeth Redden. At international education conference, speakers discuss strategies for evaluating prior education qualifications for refugees or other displaced people who have incomplete or unverifiable documentation. More...
Scientist Fired From Emory Disputes Charges
By Elizabeth Redden. A neuroscientist fired by Emory University for allegedly failing to disclose funding and ties to Chinese institutions is disputing the charges, ScienceInsider reported. More...
A Donor's Demands, a Revoked Chair
By Elizabeth Redden. A religion professor at the American University in Cairo says the university had no right to revoke his chair title after he resisted a donor's demands that he teach Islam in a preferential manner. More...
Professors Found to Have Undisclosed Chinese Ties
By Elizabeth Redden. Emory University found that two professors working on National Institutes of Health-funded projects had “failed to fully disclose foreign sources of research funding and the extent of their work for research institutions and universities in China,” The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported. Emory said that the two professors are no longer employed by the university. More...
Fees for International Students to Increase
By Elizabeth Redden. The mandatory government fee that prospective international students must pay before obtaining a U.S. visa will increase from $200 to $350 on June 24, according to a final rule published today in the Federal Register. The fee for academic exchange visitors will increase from $180 to $220. More...
X-ing Out Xinjiang
By Elizabeth Redden. A China studies scholar says a journal editor censored him by striking out a section of a book review critical of the Chinese government's policies in Xinjiang. More...
Favoring Mount Ida, Judge Says Colleges Owe Students Little
By Doug Lederman. A federal judge late last week threw out a lawsuit in which a group of former students alleged that the recently shuttered Mount Ida College and its former officials had breached their contracts with and fiduciary duty to the students by failing to disclose information about its troubled financial situation. More...