By Elizabeth Redden. As Senate subcommittee takes on issue of international students and national security, some raise concerns about generalizations that would paint Chinese students and scholars broadly as spies. More...
Recruiting Without a Plan
By Elizabeth Redden. Nearly a third (32 percent) of respondents to a survey on international enrollment management reported that their institutions spend less than $10,000 per year on international recruitment travel. More...
A Shifting Policy Landscape
By Elizabeth Redden. Policy experts speak about the myriad regulatory and subregulatory changes that are in ways potentially big and small changing the landscape for international students and scholars in the U.S. More...
Intensive English Enrollments in U.S. Drop 20%
By Elizabeth Redden. International student enrollments in intensive English programs in the U.S. declined by 20 percent from 2016 to 2017, according to new data from the Institute of International Education released Wednesday at the NAFSA: Association of International Educators conference. More...
Groups Raise Concerns on Chinese Student Visa Limits
By Elizabeth Redden. Major higher education groups issued statements Wednesday expressing concern about the Trump administration's reported plans to limit the length of visas for certain Chinese citizens starting June 11. More...
U.S. to Limit Visa Length for Some Chinese Students
By Elizabeth Redden. The Trump administration plans to limit the duration of some visas issued to Chinese citizens in response to concerns about intellectual property theft, the Associated Press reported. More...
#YouAreWelcomeHere Scholarships
By Elizabeth Redden. The #YouAreWecomeHere campaign emerged after the election of President Trump as a social media campaign intended to send a welcoming message to international students. Now organizers of the campaign are asking universities to consider attaching dollars to the sentiment for a scholarship campaign of the same name to launch in fall 2019. More...
An End and a Beginning
By Elizabeth Redden. Facing enrollment declines and deficits, the SIT Graduate Institute makes big changes. But unlike other institutions in similar straits, it has a global network of scholars and campus sites at its disposal. More...
Language and Other Challenges: Faculty Perceptions of International Students
By Elizabeth Redden. At international education conference, sessions focus on challenges faced by international students, both those perceived by faculty and those reported by students. More...
Softening Claims of the Marshmallow Test
By Greg Toppo. New findings on "marshmallow test" suggest that adults should consider deeper interventions than simply training kids to resist temptation. More...