By Elizabeth Redden. A fake-kidnapping scam appears to be targeting Chinese students in and around Vancouver, B.C., Richmond News reported. Perpetrators of the reported fraud contact students in Canada and their families in China and impersonate Chinese officials, telling families that students have been kidnapped and demanding a ransom. More...

By Elizabeth Redden. United Kingdom Universities Minister Jo Johnson said “tackling degree inflation will be a priority” for the Office of Students, the new regulator of universities, raising the possibility that quotas limiting the number of "first-level" degrees could be put in place, the Independent reported. More...

By Elizabeth Redden. The University of Miami announced that it will not establish any institutional agreements with Cuban universities or with the Cuban government after a private meeting Friday with representatives of the Cuban exile community, The Miami Herald reported. More...

By Elizabeth Redden. In the push to expand “earn-while-you-learn” programs, what lessons can the U.S. take from approaches in Germany and Switzerland. More...

By Elizabeth Redden. MIT rallies around a custodian who has been detained by immigration authorities and faces possible deportation. More...

By Elizabeth Redden. Bill would seek to slash legal immigration levels in half. And while graduates of U.S. universities would get an edge in obtaining employment-based green cards, the number of green cards available would not increase. More...

By Elizabeth Redden. Cambridge press agrees to block access in China to more than 300 articles from a key journal for scholarship on the nation. More...

By Elizabeth Redden. A new report from the National Association for College Admission Counseling looks at the challenges high school counselors face in advising international students on their college choices and argues that counselors need more training to better address the needs of the growing pool of international students at U.S. More...

By Elizabeth Redden. A statistical analysis of factors influencing voter preferences in the 2016 Brexit referendum found higher education to be “the predominant factor dividing the nation.” A new article published in the journal World Development estimated that an increase of about 3 percent in the number of adults accessing higher education in England and Wales could have reversed the results of the referendum, in which voters voted by a 51.9 to 48.1 percent margin in favor of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union. More...

By Elizabeth Redden. A new report focuses attention on the growing pool of international students at American high schools -- many of whom hope to continue their education at American colleges. More...